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a piece of conveyed information
answered the phone and took a message
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Chris Megerian, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The emails are part of a strategy to have agencies account for their employees' work each week and report it back to the government's human resources agency, though no decision has been made about whether the messages will go out weekly, the sources said.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
The Signal Foundation is a nonprofit that supports the encrypted messaging app Signal.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
That may not eliminate all security concerns given that sending an email creates a digital footprint regardless of the message's content.
—Chris Megerian, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The emails are part of a strategy to have agencies account for their employees' work each week and report it back to the government's human resources agency, though no decision has been made about whether the messages will go out weekly, the sources said.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
After Trump’s inauguration, rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents roaming the streets or showing up at churches and schools have spread on social media and messaging apps, sending waves of panic in immigrant communities from coast to coast.
—Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
The Signal Foundation is a nonprofit that supports the encrypted messaging app Signal.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for message
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Police ask anyone who may have been in the area with information regarding the bike, suspects or additional surveillance video to contact Ada County dispatch at 208-377-6790.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Feb. 2025
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Dispatchers said Lloyd was standing in a homeowner’s backyard, according to archived audio dispatch calls reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Feb. 2025
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Anyone with information about Aurora Phelps is encouraged to contact the FBI and to visit this website.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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Newsweek has contacted the White House via email for comment.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Bondi suggested Thursday in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that more records had recently been discovered.—
Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Without approval from these letters, such activities would be considered acts of piracy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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This panel will dive into the art of the cold read, providing actors with the tools to approach any audition with confidence, preparation, and authenticity.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Hemsley—McGowan’s wife’s cousin—had launched a clothing company shortly after starting college at Utah State University in 2015 and approached McGowan as an investor.—
Simone Melvin,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This decreases oral communication practice in school.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Other staffers offered testimony about being cut off from U.S. government communications.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Images show a group of men wearing gray sweatsuit outfits lined up on a tarmac waiting to board a plane.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Instead, they were shackled, boarded onto a C-17 military cargo plane and flown to Panama.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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An October 2024 report from Secura that investigated cybersecurity threats to the solar power sector in the Netherlands, for example, revealed a total of 27 different scenarios in which a large-scale disruption of solar power could be achieved.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The first is that Idaho businesses compete for workers more than people in Idaho compete for jobs, the report said.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2025
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As communicating quietly through body language didn't work, the dog tries loud communication, such as growling or showing teeth.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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In her experience, only communicating via an app can leave some parents feeling disconnected.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/message. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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