Thesaurus results for MESSAGE

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noun

ˈme-sij

Definition of message

as in dispatch

a piece of conveyed information answered the phone and took a message

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Recent Examples of message

Noun

Social media in South Korea have been filled with messages stoking fears about safety on Jeju, with some spreading groundless rumors and deriding the island. — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The helicopter pilots tried to give the air traffic control tower a three-minute warning prior to their departure, as required, but the message couldn’t get through initially. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

To be fair, Holland had a good reason to message the footballer. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 July 2026 And the split between El-Sayed and Stevens on AI and data centers could be a test case for Democrats on how to message on the issue going forward. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for message

Recent Examples of Synonyms for message

Noun

Responders arrived to find one of the victims unresponsive outside the vehicle, according to California Highway Patrol dispatch logs reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
So began a dispatch from Monte Carlo in the May 1936 issue of Vogue.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispatch

Verb

City attorneys contacted each property owner to discuss the type of acquisition planned on the property.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Nicholas was forced to contact members and lay out an extended plan for how the surfaces would be improved, ranging from the straightforward to the nuclear.

— Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of contact

Noun

But the lobbyist has doubled down on her criticism of McCuskey in a recent letter to Illinois’ four top legislative leaders and obtained by the Tribune.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
White formally declared for the draft in a letter sent to the WNBA league office by his attorney, former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.

— Jackson Thompson , Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of letter

Verb

Fleming by body camera footage, approached Parker, who was talking on his cellphone.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
The project uses horror and darkly comic genre elements to approach the psychological pressures of motherhood, extending Urban’s interest in personal experience as a route into broader social and political terrain.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of approach

Noun

BlackBerry sells encrypted and secure communications products to customers like governments.

— Arjun Kharpal,Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The growing use of digital channels has made communication another part of how prospective patients encounter a medical practice.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of communication

Verb

In addition to the leads and director Foy, Amazon MGM Studios has boarded Hivemind, with plans to stream the film internationally on Prime Video.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Residents boarded buses earlier Tuesday to head to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to cheer the players on in person.

— Christine Sloan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of board

Noun

Some Republicans have expressed alarm about the findings in the report, which was filed under seal and withheld from the public by the courts.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of report

Verb

Public health must therefore communicate uncertainty without creating confusion.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Our embassies in Beijing and Kathmandu are working 24/7 in terms of communicating and coordinating with local officials, trying to get that reliable information.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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