How to Use transmit in a Sentence

transmit

verb
  • The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.
  • The radio transmits on two different frequencies.
  • The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.
  • This gel is needed to prevent air pockets and to transmit sound waves.
    Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Anyway, the entry form won’t transmit boldface or other coding.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The virus can transmit via food or water handled in unsanitary conditions.
    Erin Prater, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022
  • It’s during this feeding process that an infected tick can transmit its disease-causing bacteria to you, its not-so-lucky host.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Like most low power Bluetooth devices, the probe itself can transmit a signal only about 30 feet.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Hedgehogs, shrews, squirrels, anteaters, prairie dogs — all these can contract the virus, and, under certain circumstances, transmit it to people.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
  • It's always been known that people can transmit through hugging, kissing, whether that be household members who also share towels, for example.
    Abc News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Further, climate change could expand the habitats of animals—such as certain types of mosquitos—known to transmit diseases to humans.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2022
  • News of the departure was transmitted internally moments ago.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Researchers have found monkeypox in semen, but more research is needed to determine whether ejaculation itself can transmit the virus.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The data is transmitted to Augmodo, which then processes and analyzes it, Finman says.
    Richard Collings, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Plug them in, and these cases act as dongles which can wirelessly transmit their own Bluetooth signal to the earbuds, enabling high-quality sound while listening to music, movies etc.
    New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The version of the virus that transmits in the DRC is known as clade I.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The tick needs to be attached for 36 to 48 hours to transmit the virus, according to the CDC.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The video was transmitted through space at a record speed of 101 seconds.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Biden said the deal had been transmitted to Israel and Hamas, through Qatar.
    Abc News, ABC News, 3 June 2024
  • So take take a deep breath, throw on some Revolver, and try to transmit them his way at noon.
    Vulture, 5 July 2023
  • Flies carrying the parasite then lay eggs on the face of the host, transmitting the worm to its eye.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Sensory nerves in the limbs send signals to motor neurons in the spinal cord, which in turn transmit them to the brain.
    WIRED, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And so those concerns transmit, still, over to this product.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The virus can not be transmitted from person to person.
    Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2024
  • This is the only type of plague that can be transmitted between people.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The substance suspected to be cocaine was transmitted to the State Crime Lab in April 2024.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Affected nerves can include ones that transmit messages between the brain and spine and other parts of the body, such as the legs.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • What is the most common disease in deer? Can deer transmit disease to humans?
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Birds using dairy ponds likely transmitted the virus to dairy cows.
    Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
  • Since then, my whole life has been trying to put together songs like that, and to transmit that feeling.
    Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Mar. 2024

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