send out
phrasal verb
sent out; sending out; sends out
1
: to mail (something) to many different people or places
Have you sent out the invitations yet?
2
: to cause (a signal) to go out
The pilot sent out a distress signal.
3
: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source
The coals sent out a reddish glow.
4
: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing
The plant began to send out its shoots.
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The eruption sent out an ash plume yet that reached 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) into the sky, Hadi Wijaya, head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, said at a news conference.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission for the agency to deny SpaceX’s application to send out more of its Starlink satellites.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Hollywood’s Party of the Year is almost ready to send out its invites.
—EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Southern giant hornets are known to send out scouting teams to find prey colonies, and the scouts rub their bodies against hives or nearby vegetation to signal others to join them, according to research published in 2021.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission for the agency to deny SpaceX’s application to send out more of its Starlink satellites.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Hollywood’s Party of the Year is almost ready to send out its invites.
—EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Southern giant hornets are known to send out scouting teams to find prey colonies, and the scouts rub their bodies against hives or nearby vegetation to signal others to join them, according to research published in 2021.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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