transmitted

past tense of transmit
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Recent Examples of transmitted It's usually transmitted through a bite from a bat, coyote, fox, raccoon or skunk. Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Processing that information in orbit can reduce the amount of raw data that has to be transmitted to Earth, where space-to-ground communications capacity can become a bottleneck. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026 West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The acoustic shock waves may strike soft soil, hard rock, various forms of human infrastructure, and so on, each of which will affect how energy gets transmitted. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 Gajdusek had come to the idea of injecting animals after a veterinary pathologist noticed that the brains of kuru patients resembled those of sheep with scrapie, a fatal neurological disease transmitted through exposure to infected tissues. Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Hoodoo was transmitted orally in these early centuries and was never homogeneous. Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 West Nile virus is transmitted to humans and animals through a mosquito bite. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026 In addition, daily life and casual contact do not spread it to healthy people and it cannot be transmitted like a virus. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmitted
Verb
  • Mellencamp, 45, was initially diagnosed with melanoma that spread.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the war’s unintended consequences have spread far beyond the Middle East, affecting global security, diminishing America’s global standing, and potentially providing its adversaries with an opportunity to expand their influence.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And periodic ceasefires during the war sent global oil prices lower – only to rise again whenever those agreements have lapsed or run out.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Pakistan, which played a key role in brokering a 60-day ceasefire in June, sent a high-level delegation to Iran on Monday to discuss ending the war, the military said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.
    Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The images conveyed gravity, purpose and leadership in a time of existential crisis.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The real reason the episode works, though, is its nifty, twisty structure, a series of stories conveyed to an absent Marshall via flashbacks and phone calls.
    Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The deal also included no guard rails for how the $10 million should be spent, allowing it to be handed directly to two organizations without any effort to seek competitive bids.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Crawford, a longtime supporter of Ukraine and a devotee of the American pit bull terrier, came forward and handed a reddish-yellow puppy to Zelensky.
    Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For decades, climate change was communicated as a future event.
    Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • City officials communicated that to LINXS, but not in writing, so LINKS went ahead and designed it to meet the wrong code.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • District 203 is entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer resources.
    Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout his career, Satsky has been entrusted with highly confidential information involving some of the largest and most significant transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, his lawyer, Anello said.
    Chase Jordan August 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

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“Transmitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmitted. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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