as in dispatch
a piece of conveyed information
answered the phone and took a message
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Recent Examples of message
Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
For senior executives, the message is simple: get the basics right, listen harder, and lead with transparency.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The message was accompanied by three photos: one of himself with his face partially obscured by a hoodie, one of the musician as a child and a final photo featuring his son, Jack Blues, born in August 2024.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
For senior executives, the message is simple: get the basics right, listen harder, and lead with transparency.
—Blake Morgan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The messaging app isn't a secure U.S. government communications system.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for message
Noun
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The woman was inside the hotel in Healy for a little more than a half-hour before coming back to check on the 20-month-old, Alaska state troopers said in a March 19 dispatch.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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At the heart of public criticism of Yoon over his martial law decree was his dispatch of hundreds of troops and police officers to the National Assembly after placing the country under military rule.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In February, an anonymous tipster contacted police and told them about the video and its uploader.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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After tracks hit the web in January, several studio employees contacted the FBI upon discovering that the unreleased music was available online.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the show, viewers will see a letter from Jesperson mailed to Moore.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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Today's brainteaser is difficult, with all of the words starting with the same letter, so there's no need to stress if this one's proving too tough to tackle.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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During March 6’s NBA exhibition match between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, James approached Smith on the sidelines and confronted him about his comments about Bronny.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Having addressed many of their biggest needs in free agency, how should the Vikings approach the draft?—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The law creating the Universal Service Fund, for example, lays out the broad goal of taxing communications service providers and using that money to ensure that everyone has access to those services.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
19 Mar. 2025
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The most successful communications teams create frameworks that define when to leverage AI and when human judgment is irreplaceable.—
Claire Vanessa Lim,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On March 22, 1995, Polyakov boarded the Soyuz TM-20 spacecraft, alongside Aleksandr Viktorenko and Yelena Kondakova, to return to Earth.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore boarded a SpaceX Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station and began their journey back to Earth.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The report was issued Sunday at 12:31 a.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Sunday at 12:40 a.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps the most damning section of the report came with a bill attached.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In this new creative interface, your job is to communicate effectively—asking the right questions and offering the right prompts—while the heavy lifting of execution is handled by AI.—
John Winsor,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The clip gives fans a look into his creative process as members of the OTF crew communicate with him on calls and run through songs making the tracklist’s cut.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Message.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/message. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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