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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Several other states, meanwhile, send out all SNAP benefits on the first of the month.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
This latest report, which Moses and Mei started sending out via email at the end of December, follows an analogous one released last year by the duo.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Donnelly said that at 8:48 p.m. local time, the control tower at Reagan National sent out an alert of a plane crash.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
On Monday, January 27th, the United States Office of Management and Budget sent out an unprecedented directive instructing all government agencies to carry out a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans, and other financial-assistance programs.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
This latest report, which Moses and Mei started sending out via email at the end of December, follows an analogous one released last year by the duo.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Donnelly said that at 8:48 p.m. local time, the control tower at Reagan National sent out an alert of a plane crash.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
On Monday, January 27th, the United States Office of Management and Budget sent out an unprecedented directive instructing all government agencies to carry out a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans, and other financial-assistance programs.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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