How to Use send on in a Sentence

send on

phrasal verb
  • Even though my handwriting is really scratchy, the feature got most of it right and errors can be corrected using the onscreen keyboard before saving or sending on.
    New Atlas, 12 July 2024
  • Recall notification letters are expected to be sent on July 8.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
  • The third round of payments will be sent on June 26 to retirees born on or after the 21st of the month.
    Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 June 2024
  • That was -- that seemed to be the signal White House was sending on Friday.
    CBS News, 9 July 2023
  • The deer was sent on its way, but not before posing for a selfie.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Luna 25 was sent on a more direct path, one designed to get it to the moon in less than two weeks.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The episodes then end with the kid packing up Knuffle Bunny to send on to the next location.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The gift was sent on a ship in 1807 and intended for Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In late May, Aleksandr was sent on a mission to mine a riverbank.
    Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • After about six hours, Minaj was fined and sent on her way, Dutch police said.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • He was told not to return to the property, or he could be charged with trespassing and sent on his way.
    cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • From the way Wu describes it, a player’s crew has traits and they can even be sent on quests to bring back resources and prizes that players need.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The two-time Oscar winner is set to star as Alpha One, the leader of an alien gang sent on a mission to conquer Earth.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
  • The department sent on update Friday night saying the girl was found.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
  • In 1903, when an ounce of egret feathers was worth twice as much as an ounce of gold, the RSPB local secretaries were sent on a mission.
    Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
  • The text was sent on a Saturday in February 2021, not on Sunday.
    New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The second round will be sent on June 30, because July 1 will be on a Saturday.
    Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 26 May 2023
  • The front of the card, sent on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ behalf, featured an adorable photo of their youngest son — one of his official birthday portraits!
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • In medieval times, one might be sent on a pilgrimage by a magistrate as a sentence for a crime.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Delays have also come from Egypt, where most of the aid is collected before being sent on to Gaza.
    Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 24 May 2024
  • And yet, neither party can afford to ignore the message that Iowa will send on Monday night.
    TIME, 14 Jan. 2024
  • That was the message sent on Thursday by the Writers Guild of America, which argues that the current strike — now a month old — will not end the way the last one did 15 years ago.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 June 2023
  • Moore hid her bleeding eyes under sunglasses, and she and Geddis were sent on their way.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2024
  • The wording of the text exactly matched a WhatsApp message that was later sent on Knezevich Henao’s phone.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • End-to-end encryption means that the sender and recipient of a message can see its content but the owner of the platform that it’s sent on cannot.
    WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Make sure your child thinks twice before clicking send on a text message, email, or social media post.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • They’d been sent on their own to a grid coördinate in Tabaivka, with a mandate to remain there until they were relieved.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The Unicorn Clan was sent on an exploration mission by the Emperor and returned changed.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • As the Allies approached in 1945, prisoners were sent on a death march, but Catherine managed to escape.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The submersible communicates with the ship via text messages sent on a computer.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023

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