How to Use receive in a Sentence

receive

verb
  • She received the news of his death with remarkable calmness.
  • You will be charged a late fee if the electric company does not receive your payment on time.
  • I received a letter from her yesterday.
  • You will receive a discount if you spend over $100.
  • No one else has received it more than five times.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Josh Hart will receive time on those guys.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Sign up to receive it in your inbox.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025

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