Thesaurus results for RELAYING

relaying

verb

present participle of relay

as in giving

to give something (such as information or an object) to someone else They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work.

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Recent Examples of relaying Typically, these overwrought exposition scenes with this crew split a mean difference between relaying the necessary plot-driving information and entertaining moments where one or two or all of the players get a chance to cook. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2026 Over the years more than 150 Nobel Prize winners have written for Scientific American, relaying their breakthroughs and ideas to our readers. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026 Their managers still spend half their weeks gathering information from one team and relaying it to another. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Runners have been relaying signs to the hitter from second base for a century now. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 That's the beauty of this president in his transparency and -- and relaying, uh, this administration's policies to all of you and to the rest of the world. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Mithril has promised that its tech could help local law enforcement who respond to a shooting by locating the shooter and relaying critical information, but that would require a high degree of coordination in a hectic and dangerous environment. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026 In relaying the unimaginable destruction of the event, Lee eschews sensationalism for sobriety. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 Only Giving Feedback When Something Goes Wrong Giving feedback usually implies the idea of relaying something negative that needs to be fixed. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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YouTube‘s Pedro Pina has doubled down on the case against giving prominence to British broadcasters on digital services.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Autonomous trucking provider Gatik raised $200 million in a Series D funding round, giving the company fresh capital to scale its driverless fleet and expand its middle-mile network as demand for autonomous freight gains momentum.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of giving

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Always accompanied by a guitar, Vallarino has a very natural way of connecting and conveying both his joy and his sadness in every song, adding powerful quotes in each of his lyrics.

— Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
Superior-class rooms bump up to 275 square feet, with persimmon-orange accents conveying a warmer energy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of conveying

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Early symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, Pennsylvania health officials said, and a rash follows a few days later, starting on the head and spreading downward.

— Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Three to five days after the start of these symptoms, a red or reddish- brown rash appears, usually starting on a person’s face at the hairline and spreading downward to the entire body.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Experts expect that the US will soon lose its elimination status, the recognition by the World Health Organization that measles is no longer transmitting regularly within a country.

— Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Furthermore, monitoring an audio signal requires considerably less power than remaining airborne or continuously transmitting video, potentially allowing the drone to remain in position for much longer periods.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmitting

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Gucci on Tuesday will unveil a campaign conceived by artistic director Demna — his first communicating his debut collection for the Italian house, which was presented with a runway show in Milan in February.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
The states are not currently communicating well and legal action might give them the structure to set out their positions better.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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