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a piece of conveyed information
the latest communication from the crew of the space station
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Recent Examples of communications
Gannon Ken Van Dyke Van Dyke was a communications specialist supporting Joint Special Operations Command, the unit that oversees Tier 1 special mission units such as the Army's Delta Force and the Navy's SEAL Team Six, multiple officials told CBS News.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Some of the nearly 350,000 foreign targets whose communications are collected under the provision are in touch with Americans, whose calls, texts and emails could end up in the trove of information available to the federal government for review.
—Eric McDaniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Later, in pre-litigation communications with Live Nation, the company said he was terminated for cause, according to the lawsuit.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
During Leavitt’s absence, several officials are expected to hold press briefings with reporters, including Vice President JD Vance and even Trump himself, while white House communications director Steven Cheung will manage the press team.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
The company also had a big piece of the Lunar Gateway in addition to HALO, developing the I-HAB module and a future communications and refueling module known as ESPRIT.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Satellites, communications, navigation.
—Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
In Riverwoods, adjacent to Lincolnshire, sandbags were also available for residents who wanted them, said Laura Trevino, the village’s trustee of communications.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
But communications with the vessel were lost the afternoon of April 16 and a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft was launched to search for the six people on board.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Some of the nearly 350,000 foreign targets whose communications are collected under the provision are in touch with Americans, whose calls, texts and emails could end up in the trove of information available to the federal government for review.
—Eric McDaniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Later, in pre-litigation communications with Live Nation, the company said he was terminated for cause, according to the lawsuit.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
During Leavitt’s absence, several officials are expected to hold press briefings with reporters, including Vice President JD Vance and even Trump himself, while white House communications director Steven Cheung will manage the press team.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
The company also had a big piece of the Lunar Gateway in addition to HALO, developing the I-HAB module and a future communications and refueling module known as ESPRIT.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
Satellites, communications, navigation.
—Jill Schneider,stephanie Landsman, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
In Riverwoods, adjacent to Lincolnshire, sandbags were also available for residents who wanted them, said Laura Trevino, the village’s trustee of communications.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
But communications with the vessel were lost the afternoon of April 16 and a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft was launched to search for the six people on board.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communications
Noun
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Expect sudden messages or changes in plans.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Google, LinkedIn and Wikipedia are among hundreds of websites and apps where Meta plans to capture employee keystrokes and mouse clicks as part of a project to train its artificial intelligence models, according to internal messages viewed by CNBC.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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That might mean a deeper look at a single story that’s easy to miss in the daily churn, perspective on how the weather is changing or dispatches from my colleagues around the world.—
Angela Fritz,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Communications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communications. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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