Thesaurus results for CONTACTS

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noun

plural of contact

as in connections

an acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world an intern who got her summer job in the governor's office through contacts

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contacts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of contact

as in reaches

to transmit information or requests to you can contact me at this number

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Uganda also said all 60 contacts of Kenya's first patient, including border personnel, hotel staff and transport operators, completed 21 days of monitoring without symptoms and were released from follow-up. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026 Track first-contact resolution, repeat contacts and how often customers have to explain themselves more than once. — Duane Tursi, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Uganda also said all 60 contacts of Kenya’s first patient, including border personnel, hotel staff and transport operators, completed 21 days of monitoring without symptoms and were released from follow-up. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Zidni concedes that the matching fund on its own won’t help independent producers who lack overseas contacts. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Users should remove contacts before using Brytly and wait at least 10 minutes after applying the drops before inserting contacts again. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2026 And the San Francisco Fed’s contacts mentioned employees requesting, and some receiving, cost-of-living pay hikes to offset higher fuel and food prices. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 But as Bass hoped, the county did not secure the database that records contacts with homeless people or the system that matches people to housing. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Never give a one-time passcode to someone who contacts you unexpectedly. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Turn on two-factor login for financial accounts, and never share a verification code with someone who contacts you. — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 Trust Starts Before The First Visit Healthcare has always depended on trust, but increasingly, that trust is established before a patient ever contacts a practice. — Ajay Prasad, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 If the situation has not escalated to the point of danger and someone contacts Animal Control, an officer will be sent out to investigate. — Eva Flowe july 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026 Because the system contacts the other party’s phone for verification, that person must also have the same three Google apps installed. — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026 Parents can also rest easy knowing that the infotainment system includes automatic 911 emergency assistance technology that contacts first responders in the event of a collision. — ABC News, 6 May 2026 Agencies recruit clients, assign photographers when a client contacts the agency, pay the bills, and handle contracts. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Additionally, childhood connections, regional pride, and spiritual or religious beliefs were also cited as factors.

— Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Although the port layouts on Googlebooks vary, most provide more hardwired connections than MacBooks do.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

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Verb

If his lead reaches the magic number of 125 this weekend, nobody will be able mathematically to catch him for the rest of the season.

— Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Carpenter is hoping the investment reaches beyond the plant and gives more people in Braddock a chance to get ahead.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of reaches

Verb

But this redesign must be paired with structural change that addresses the barriers, bias, and discrimination that contribute to symptoms being dismissed, delays in care, and unequal access to health care and treatment for women.

— Sadiya S. Khan, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
The filing also addresses many of the same themes that have sparked concerns of an AI bubble, including the possibility of AI demand growing more slowly than expected.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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The Archimedes screw gets a molecular makeover The researchers took inspiration from the Archimedes’ screw, an ancient device with a helical blade inside a cylinder that lifts water (or solids) when rotated.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Under that program, utilities aim to raise the total electrical output of existing reactors through what the industry calls plant uprates.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Ian Eagle, a veteran who calls secondary NFL games for CBS Sports, is also believed to have a contract that is set to lapse.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

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