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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Rich Storry / Getty Images The team sent out an update on X early in the second half saying Jokic was questionable to return with a left knee injury.
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Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Davis is on her fourth year of sending out holiday cards looking for love.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Norris said that concern ramped up their response time, immediately sending out their SWAT personnel.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
Trump continues to say tariff dividend checks would be sent out in 2026.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2025
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Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Davis is on her fourth year of sending out holiday cards looking for love.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Norris said that concern ramped up their response time, immediately sending out their SWAT personnel.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025
Trump continues to say tariff dividend checks would be sent out in 2026.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Send out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20out. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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