send in
verb
sent in; sending in; sends in
1
: to cause to be delivered
send in a letter of complaint
2
: to give (one's name or card) to a servant when making a call
3
: to send (a player) into an athletic contest
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Chun responded with a violent crackdown, sending in the military to beat back the protest.
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Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Protests erupted in the southwestern city of Gwangju, and Mr. Chun sent in armored vehicles and paratroopers, who crushed the uprising.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Sheinbaum said her comments, read aloud in a press conference, were sent in a letter to Trump.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The Twisters star, who’s currently filming Edgar Wright’s new movie The Running Man in the U.K., sent in a video for the contest, offering the winner a cameo in one of his next movies — actually, not for the winner themselves, but for any member of their family.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Protests erupted in the southwestern city of Gwangju, and Mr. Chun sent in armored vehicles and paratroopers, who crushed the uprising.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Sheinbaum said her comments, read aloud in a press conference, were sent in a letter to Trump.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The Twisters star, who’s currently filming Edgar Wright’s new movie The Running Man in the U.K., sent in a video for the contest, offering the winner a cameo in one of his next movies — actually, not for the winner themselves, but for any member of their family.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Send in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20in. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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