How to Use send on in a Sentence

send on

phrasal verb
  • 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 firing went well and the Crew Dragon capsule was safely sent on its way.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 29 Sep. 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 months of training, they were sent on their very first mission: D-Day.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Some robots toward the end of the film have ill intentions and are sent on a mission to capture Roz.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 25 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Behind the scenes: Horowitz announced his change of heart via an email sent on Friday to Andreessen Horowitz employees.
    Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 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

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