as in shipped
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
they promised to send the package in the morning
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Recent Examples of sent
Juan Soto hit a line drive right to the first baseman for the first out, but Francisco Alvarez hit a single to left, and Brett Baty sent one up the center to score two runs, and bring the Mets back to within one run.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
In exchange, the Giants sent their fourth- and fifth-round picks this year, along with a 2027 fourth-rounder.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
In 1943 she and her family were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
That summer, Larysa and Oleh were sent to camp in Crimea.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Next, Hortiz sent their third-round selection (86th overall) to the Cleveland Browns for one pick in the fourth round (105th), one in the fifth (145th) and one in the sixth (206th).
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
And HuffPost, which has sent staffers to the dinner for the past 17 years, has also garnered attention for skipping this year.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
The game went to extras after the Red Sox couldn’t score in the bottom of the ninth, but after Garrett Whitlock sent the Tigers down 1-2-3 in the top of the 10th, Boston only needed a base hit with the game-winning ghost runner starting the inning at second base.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
In exchange, the Giants sent their fourth- and fifth-round picks this year, along with a 2027 fourth-rounder.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
In 1943 she and her family were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
That summer, Larysa and Oleh were sent to camp in Crimea.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Next, Hortiz sent their third-round selection (86th overall) to the Cleveland Browns for one pick in the fourth round (105th), one in the fifth (145th) and one in the sixth (206th).
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
And HuffPost, which has sent staffers to the dinner for the past 17 years, has also garnered attention for skipping this year.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
The game went to extras after the Red Sox couldn’t score in the bottom of the ninth, but after Garrett Whitlock sent the Tigers down 1-2-3 in the top of the 10th, Boston only needed a base hit with the game-winning ghost runner starting the inning at second base.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sent
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During that visit, wildlife officers found six live sloths on the property that had been shipped to Orlando through the Miami International Airport.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Months earlier, fanciers shipped their best young prospects to the race loft so the pigeons could learn to recognize it as their home.—
Sharyn Alfonsi,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rabies is transmitted through a bat’s saliva.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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At a first-principles level, a culture that cannot be transmitted is not a culture.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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The officers had transported the suspect, who had been arrested on suspicion of robbery, to the hospital for observation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Investigators said officers caught up to one of the two suspects, took him into custody, and transported him to Swedish Hospital under police guard for treatment for an unspecified ailment.—
Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The midcentury abode was transferred to custodians of the McCann Trust that holds the property in 2022 and, after hitting the market April 10 for nearly $3 million, a contingent offer for its sale has already been accepted.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
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Grace the catcher and conference player of the year, transferred to Arizona, Hope, a pitcher, moved onto Ole Miss in the portal.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Trump was dispatched there briefly after the incident Saturday night.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two workers were dispatched to tell Nataliia.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Sent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sent. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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