conveyed

verb

past tense of convey
1
as in transmitted
to cause (something) to pass from one to another intends to personally convey the message to the governor

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2
as in carried
to support and take from one place to another conveying a package to his grandmother for his parents

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3
as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of upon her death, the house will be conveyed to a predesignated charity

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Recent Examples of conveyed Experts say a big reason for the move higher was how little information Warsh conveyed about the Fed’s plans during that news conference last month. — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026 Her public persona conveyed humor, faith, generosity, self-acceptance, and, for many people, an absence of judgment. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Aug. 2026 America was the best version of a vast and astonishing project, these books conveyed. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 The images conveyed gravity, purpose and leadership in a time of existential crisis. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 The real reason the episode works, though, is its nifty, twisty structure, a series of stories conveyed to an absent Marshall via flashbacks and phone calls. — Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026 Even with the team then languishing at 51-74 at the time, Pasquantino conveyed a certain sense of urgency. — Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 There have been calls from AFL fans on social media for that message to be conveyed by those attending the annual AFL Awards in Melbourne on Tuesday night, when this season’s All-Australian team will be announced. — Michael Bailey, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Meaning can also be conveyed simultaneously through hand movements, facial expressions, head position, arms, and torso. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conveyed
  1. transmitted
  2. carried
  3. ceded
  4. spread
  5. hauled
  6. transferred
  7. gave
  8. transported
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  • The impact of yesterday’s sharp drop in South Korean equities transmitted further into US markets overnight, spreading selling sentiment and dealing heavy blows to US semiconductor and memory stocks.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The institute said malaria in Germany almost exclusively affects long-haul travelers who were infected in malaria-endemic areas, and that malaria transmitted within a German airport is rare, the BBC reported.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried
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  • Why Chelsea ceded so much possession to Brighton is more complex — and an issue that has percolated beneath the surface for most of the BlueCo era.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Apple has largely ceded the frontier AI model market to competitors such as Google and OpenAI, choosing for now to focus on delivering the new technology through its high-end hardware.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • Mellencamp, 45, was initially diagnosed with melanoma that spread.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the war’s unintended consequences have spread far beyond the Middle East, affecting global security, diminishing America’s global standing, and potentially providing its adversaries with an opportunity to expand their influence.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • More than 200 walruses were hauled out on the beach, grunting and groaning, wriggling and jostling for position.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Yet no one hauled him before Congress to answer for stoking racial tensions, snubbing George Washington, or making America sad on her birthday.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hauled
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  • Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of transferred
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  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
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  • The woman was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The officers involved in the shooting were transported to a local area hospital for evaluation while Cisneros was taken to Bellevue, where she was pronounced dead.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of transported

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“Conveyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conveyed. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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