SENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sent

verb

Definition of sent

past tense of send

as in shipped

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 sent So, Basabe laid out, extended his left arm, made contact with the ball — and sent it straight into right field. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Bird remains recovered from airplane strikes, called snarge, are sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s lab in Washington DC, where they are analyzed to determine the species. — Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Three Congress members sent a letter to Major League Baseball and its players' association Monday to prohibit promotional deals with betting operators after Phillies star Bryce Harper was featured in a video for a FanDuel VIP reward customer. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Kim has sent thousands of troops and huge supplies of weapons to support Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Shares of the tech giant peaked for the year so far in June as part of a broader artificial intelligence comeback in the market that sent software and cloud infrastructure stocks soaring. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The couple appeared to end the getaway on a positive note after Alli, encouraged by the other women, sent Jesse a flirtatious text while out for the evening. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026 The Dodgers acquired Rortvedt at last year’s deadline from Tampa Bay in a trade that sent Feduccia to the Rays. — David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026 Toronto also traded defensive wiz outfielder Dalton Varsho to the Houston Astros for right-hander Spencer Arrighetti; and reportedly sent reliever Jeff Hoffman to the Minnesota Twins as well. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

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Last year, humanoid robot makers shipped just 13,317 robots, heavily weighted to the latter half of the year.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Cato, citing that data, calculates that nearly 55 million barrels of cargo in total have been shipped by utilizing the waivers.

— Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of shipped

Verb

In addition, daily life and casual contact do not spread it to healthy people and it cannot be transmitted like a virus.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Much like language, the songs of humpbacks and many songbirds get transmitted from one generation to the next.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmitted

Verb

The injured worker was quickly transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
In Bogotá, Red Cross facilities were collecting aid that was being transported with support from the Colombian Aerospace Force.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of transported

Verb

She was first taken to South Shore Hospital and then transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for treatment.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The crash victim, identified as a 66-year-old man, was taken out of the woods by the fire department using specialized vehicles and transferred to an ambulance which transported him to Life Star.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferred

Verb

For her latest case, Bridgette is dispatched to the remote East Texas town of Whisper Creek, where a long-dormant serial killer known as The Flower King has resurfaced.

— William Earl, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Purists will scoff at the way that most of the old-school cast is dispatched en masse instead of by the traditional one-kill-scene-at-a-time method.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026