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Meanings of sent in English

Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted.

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Usage of sent in English
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Often, he said, those summaries are sent via electronic health record systems.
Reuters
2
It is so long since I sent my paper any good news.
Scoop
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That sent the new issue market into a feeding frenzy in September.
Reuters
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The resulting nuclear crisis sent risk-averse sentiment coursing through global financial markets.
The Irish Times
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I need to ask her some questions about the products she sent.
Good girls don't
6
Roosevelt sent for the General and explained the seriousness of the crisis.
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive...
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France has sent weapons to Kurdish fighters in Iraq and humanitarian aid.
Reuters
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Often we were sent to perform VD checks and issue health certificates.
Occupied city
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Police sent reinforcements and called for help from U.S. forces, he said.
Reuters
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You sent soldiers against me today, and the issue has been decided.
Tuck
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Halfway through last year I sent him home: he never came back.
The Guardian
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In that year, Tory policies had devastated industry and sent unemployment skyrocketing.
The Guardian
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But in a tweet sent out earlier today, Murphy said he's committed:
Wired
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New Zealand media report that the State Department sent investigators to Wellington.
Radio NZ
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A government source said it was sent at the end of December.
Reuters
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Following news of the stroke, friends and colleagues sent their best wishes.
The Guardian
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