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as in to spread
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
sneezing and coughing can transmit disease
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
I'll transmit this information over the airwaves
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as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
transmitted the deed of his house to his lawyer
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Recent Examples of transmit
Mosquitoes are known for their ability to transmit viruses, and some of them, like Oropouche virus and Zika virus, can be particularly dangerous for those who are pregnant.
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Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
The detection was on a small farm rather than a commercial pig farm, which reduces the immediate concern but highlights potential risks if the virus starts transmitting in pigs.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
That’s the scary scenario: a new virus that causes severe disease among people that can be easily transmitted from one person to another.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
The virus can be transmitted in a few ways:
Typically, RSV spreads through large droplets.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
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Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
The detection was on a small farm rather than a commercial pig farm, which reduces the immediate concern but highlights potential risks if the virus starts transmitting in pigs.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
That’s the scary scenario: a new virus that causes severe disease among people that can be easily transmitted from one person to another.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
The virus can be transmitted in a few ways:
Typically, RSV spreads through large droplets.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
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Dozens of firefighters were battling the brush fire just days after fires in wooded areas of Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey spread smoke across New York City.Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Fix the Hide Before Tweaking the Spread If things aren’t going as planned and ducks aren’t finishing, duck hunters tend to want to mess with the decoy spread.Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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To showcase these full size MBZ SUV models, this week Mercedes Benz sent me a 2024 GLS with a base window sticker price of $145,850.Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The Hurricanes’ 28-23 loss at Georgia Tech sent them from No. 4 to No. 12.Eric Olson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The Lakers were already down several bodies in their frontcourt, with Christian Wood (offseason left knee surgery) and Jarred Vanderbilt (offseason feet surgery) sidelined, leaving two-way center Christian Koloko as the only available big man behind Davis.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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The callers reported seeing a man armed with a gun fleeing a silver sedan that was left disabled in a parking lot, authorities said.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Wimbish is also charged with conveying false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter and making false statements to the FBI.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The bonus on DraftKings is conveyed as eight (8) separate stakes worth $25 each.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Birds who pushed the door to the right were transferred into aviaries where the resident birds were pushing the door on the left and vice versa.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The woman was transferred to a psychiatric hospital, raising concerns for her safety.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The abuse victims’ attorneys, however, suggested that not funding the trust immediately would short-change people who had already been victimized by the church, given how the value of that trust could erode with time and inflation.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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To name just one example: After an opening act filled with lurid cartel violence, Emilia Pérez gives us a comic number about gender-reassignment surgery.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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Optimistically, handing influence over this conference to the UAE, and now Azerbaijan—states whose interests are, in many ways, opposed to its aim—means that leaders who depend on fossil fuels must face the costs of burning them.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Seeing those pills be made and being able to hand them out onstage at Defcon in Las Vegas.Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Instead of driving China and North Korea apart, Washington should try to capitalize on Beijing’s power over Pyongyang by urging China to clearly communicate two redlines to its partner.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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This crazy star seems to communicate with a smaller, five-pointed star to its upper right that is mainly light blue, though its loose weave of horizontal and vertical marks also contains other colors.Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Transmit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmit. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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