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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Recent Examples of relay
Hundreds of horseback riders participate in the commemorative event every June, relaying about 1,000 letters across the route.
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Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Relative bargain Please do not be mad at me for relaying this insurance math.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
According to Peña, a producer relayed the false information to her through an earpiece during a live broadcast.
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Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had relayed its general thinking to states, but needed time to sketch out the exact details.
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Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Relative bargain Please do not be mad at me for relaying this insurance math.
—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
According to Peña, a producer relayed the false information to her through an earpiece during a live broadcast.
—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had relayed its general thinking to states, but needed time to sketch out the exact details.
—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for relay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relay
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When this place is eventually gone — a phrase that feels truly bizarre given the environment this summer and the half-century preceding it — the lasting images will be the seas of red.
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Officials advise the public to give bears space and not let pets bother them.
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This unvarnished, no-nonsense authenticity helps explain Aguirre’s relatability with players and his ability to convey his instructions.
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Impressive statistics that, in no way, fully conveyed how thoroughly the second-year guard out of Florida dominated the Lakers on Friday.
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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If using grounds, apply in 1 to 2-inch deep layers and make sure the coffee is spread in an unbroken line so slugs and snails won’t cross it.
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Rob Manfred blames the Giants for not properly communicating.
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Streamline your schedule, communicate your limits and complete the most important task before adding three more to the list.
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In the clinical setting, Busbee said, physical therapists use different size electrodes for various parts of the body, attached to a machine that transmits an electrical current to the electrodes.
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SpaceX is set to build a new economy in low Earth orbit, expanding its current Starlink telecommunications constellation and adding orbital AI data centers and even wirelessly transmitted solar power from space.
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Its argument is that humanities departments have become overly specialized, politicized, and disconnected from the goal of imparting a common body of historical knowledge.
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The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
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Just assume that any animal is going to carry disease, and rabies is one of them.
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Fujimori’s presidency marks a return of her family’s political brand to Peru’s highest office — a movement that has long carried a complicated relationship with the United States.
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“Relay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relay. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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