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 Internal Revenue Service has been sending out Covid-19 stimulus check money worth as much as $1,400 to around 1 million tax filers who didn’t receive them. Mike Winters, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025 Various versions of the questionnaires were sent out starting Wednesday, and the deadlines appear to range from midnight on Friday to 5 p.m. Monday. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025 When Would the Stimulus Checks Go Out? Since a proposal for a DOGE stimulus check has not been finalized, a timeline for when it would be sent out remains unclear. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025 Every plasma event was sending out a spherical shock front that expanded in a steady way. Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for send out

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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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