send out

phrasal verb

sent out; sending out; sends out

: to mail (something) to many different people or places

Have you sent out the invitations yet?

: to cause (a signal) to go out

The pilot sent out a distress signal.

: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source

The coals sent out a reddish glow.

: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing

The plant began to send out its shoots.

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In the novel, an astrophysicist, as an act of revenge for her father’s murder by Red Guards, chooses to put Earth at risk by sending out a provocative interstellar message to hostile aliens. —

H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024 Clark has repeatedly raised concerns about the process by which the county sends out mail ballots and tallies votes. —

Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024 Last December, the Search company sent out store credit vouchers to some Google Photos users to use when buying the Pixel 8. —

Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 On Sunday, the Trump campaign sent out a press release that specifically took aim at Selzer's Iowa poll and the Times/Siena results. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for send out