SENDING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sending

verb

present participle of send

as in transmitting

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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Recent Examples of sending Negotiations could drag on for weeks, or fail altogether, sending Israelis back to the polls. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026 Jones went 13 for 22 for 108 yards and lost 44 yards on four sacks, with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores continually sending blitzers into the backfield. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Another option would be sending the Dream back to their much smaller regular-season home, although that would mean turning away thousands of potential fans for a championship game. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 The pro-wealth-tax campaign is sending voters emails and texts and has an online presence. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Tesla's third-quarter delivery numbers declined 2% from the year prior but nevertheless topped estimates, sending the stock surging. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 Thanks so much for watching, listening, sending feedback, and everything else! — David Pierce, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026 Consumers have felt the higher costs most directly when sending packages. — Cathy Bussewitz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sending

Verb

That role demands reliable equipment capable of transmitting strategic instructions during severe national security crises.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The latest hotter than expected PPI figures indicate that price pressures are now transmitting from the energy sector into the broader real economy.

— , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitting

Verb

The aircraft was originally designed for tactical logistics, transporting supplies to military personnel and vessels rather than engaging aerial targets.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of transporting

Verb

The Houthis ramped up their advance on Taiz last month, after a lightning-fast capture of the port city of Mokha, an area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away that is vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The rest of the year goes to signing leases, making and shipping millions of costumes, and lining up tens of thousands of seasonal workers.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of shipping

Verb

The route next year was unveiled on Thursday, with the Tour starting from Scotland capital Edinburgh on a rare Grand Depart on a Friday — July 2 — and then going to England and Wales before transferring to France until July 25.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, al-Ali held several meetings with Saudi officers at the Defense Ministry in Riyadh to discuss the costs of transferring around 10,000 fighters, financial arrangements, additional benefits and their intended military tasks.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of transferring

Verb

That nonprofit group has been building resilience in lower-resource countries for over a decade, dispatching coaches and mentors to educate and train local healthcare students and practitioners as well as building financial and material resources.

— Diane Cole, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
More important than the figures themselves is the engine’s broad, effortless power delivery, which makes the Carrera T feel eager whether carving through a mountain road or dispatching a stretch of freeway.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026