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noun

plural of message
as in dispatches
a piece of conveyed information answered the phone and took a message

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verb

present tense third-person singular of message
as in contacts

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Recent Examples of messages
Noun
Several other country stars shared messages of support for Kelley’s sobriety in the comments. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 To improve chances of a timely reply, patients should start messages by greeting their doctor by name, ideally including both first and last names. — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The advanced safety detector, which screens incoming messages for policy violations, must be manually enabled by users. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press left messages seeking comment Monday with Trader Joe’s and Smucker. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 In the messages, both parties referred to these payments as offerings. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Teri Lippy, one of the brewery’s owners, told CharlotteFive that the harassment had been going on for roughly two weeks, with about a dozen phone calls and an ongoing stream of emails and Facebook messages. — Evan Moore august 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026 Bill Conradt, a Rockwell County assistant district attorney, had been exchanging online messages and photos with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old boy. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Those tools include unlimited messages with ChatGPT, searches, file uploads, image generation and other plugins and connectors. — Samuel O’Neal 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messages
  1. dispatches
  2. contacts
  3. letters
  4. boards
  5. communications
  6. approaches
  7. reports
Noun
  • The City Council is now considering a bill that would require City Hall to issue emergency notifications any time FDNY EMS has more than 25 pending ambulance dispatches.
    — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Anchors hold forth from behind a desk, throwing to a variety of stories, dispatches from correspondents and newsmaker interviews.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispatches
Verb
  • Also, do not share a security code with anyone who contacts you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Trust Starts Before The First Visit Healthcare has always depended on trust, but increasingly, that trust is established before a patient ever contacts a practice.
    — Ajay Prasad, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of contacts
Noun
  • His letters bring him rushing onto the page—needy and self-mocking, jealous yet helplessly in love.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of letters
Verb
  • One day, Valentina boards the chapa carrying the flower Sitóe once gave her.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Nikko Remigio When Nikko Remigio, one of the few Filipino and Asian players in the NFL, boards a flight, chances are a Bruce Lee movie isn’t far behind.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of boards
Noun
  • Why This is More Important Than Ever Presidents have always been able to move markets, but modern communications have magnified that power.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, the parliamentarian refers to the appropriate committee legislation from the other chamber, communications from other branches of government and state and local governments, and petitions from private citizens.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of communications
Verb
  • As the stock approaches fair value and its potential gains become more limited, the investor could sell more calls to collect additional income.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In current, inflated prices, the outturn cost approaches £48–49 billion.
    — Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of approaches
Noun
  • Pericola had just over $32,000 left to spend on his campaign at the end of July, when the last financial reports were filed, according to the Federal Election Commission.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Cut that reports in both late June and last week to the LA County Board of Supervisors warned could see thousands pink slipped, and cost the region billions in wage and hundreds of millions in tax revenue.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of reports

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

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