as in to give
to give something (such as information or an object) to someone else
They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work.
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The probes will follow more than 30 million miles behind Earth as our planet orbits the sun while relaying signals back and forth that, when combined, search for gravitational wave signatures.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Balbir Singh, the secretary of the Maritime Sikh Society, who has been in touch with Kaur’s mother, told CBC that the local Sikh community is grieving the loss and police local investigators have a responsibility to relay their findings to the public.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
His meticulous lyricism relays his messages most effectively.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
The senator relayed an anecdotal story about witnessing a black mother who patiently dealt with her children‘s antics while riding the train to the annoyance of fellow passengers.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Balbir Singh, the secretary of the Maritime Sikh Society, who has been in touch with Kaur’s mother, told CBC that the local Sikh community is grieving the loss and police local investigators have a responsibility to relay their findings to the public.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
His meticulous lyricism relays his messages most effectively.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
The senator relayed an anecdotal story about witnessing a black mother who patiently dealt with her children‘s antics while riding the train to the annoyance of fellow passengers.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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The commerce gave rise to the unusual Hotel Royal, the wooden frame lodging rising four stories above the dirt Main Street.Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mentoring gives us the tools to navigate those changes.Vlad Dutescu, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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She’s abetted by Tam’s superb portrayal, which movingly conveys Jing’s shifting moods.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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In inverting their roles, Caillebotte conveys a form of gender fluidity.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Target touted its reductions just days after Aldi unveiled its lowest-price Thanksgiving spread in five years, besting an offer by its bigger rival, Walmart, by about two bucks.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Just two weeks after announcing her breast cancer diagnosis and battle, The Office star Jenna Fischer appeared on Monday’s Today to reflect on her journey and continue to spread awareness about the disease.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
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If the actuarial tables and a lifetime of bad habits are anything to go by, anyone who may still feel the need to communicate with me in, say, 20 years is going to need to invest in a Ouija board.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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This clearly communicates that your workload is full without needing to over-explain yourself.Britney Porter, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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It is included with all electronic return data transmitted to the IRS.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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In other cases, fiberoptics are used, but with only a few colors of light traveling in a single cable, which also constrains how much information can be transmitted.Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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Today this historic añejo is aged for approximately 16 months in new American white oak barrels, which impart a marshmallow-soft vanilla countenace intermingled with essenses of green oilves, lemons, toasted oak, and a long delicate finish.Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
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The two characters spend the film loitering outside the shop, dealing drugs and shoplifting, before Bob breaks his silence to impart some of his signature wisdom.John Russell, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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The bridge, which carries more than 160,000 vehicles a day and is one of the busiest trucking routes in the United States, reopened on Dec. 22, 2020.Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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It was first scheduled in 2020, but South Carolina didn't have the lethal injection drugs to carry it out.Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Relay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relay. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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