SENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

sent

verb

Definition of sent

past tense of send

as in shipped

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another they promised to send the package in the morning

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Recent Examples of sent The war, now stretching into its seventh month, has disrupted global energy supplies and sent shockwaves through global financial markets. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 Global supply concerns have sent benchmark corn and wheat futures to three-year highs, and soybeans are near the highest since 2024. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Lindsay Clancy had sent him out to get takeout food and medication for their daughter, which prosecutors argue was an excuse to get him out of the house. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Yousuf, a hardworking Bangladeshi immigrant living in East New York, sent his wages back to support his large family, including two young daughters, aged 3 and 12, the restaurant’s co-owner told the Daily News. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 The photo shows the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (or Roman) flying on its own for the first time, shortly after separating from the upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket that sent it to orbit. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The cuts to Phoenix's Colorado River allocation are survivable partially because the city gets so much water from the Salt and Verde Rivers, which supply about 58% of the water sent to customers. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The arrests, ostensibly for bribery, have sent a stark warning to Gazprom and the entire oil and gas industry, which faces a growing crisis of production and distribution as a result of war disruptions. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026 And periodic ceasefires during the war sent global oil prices lower – only to rise again whenever those agreements have lapsed or run out. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sent

Verb

Though Apple accounts for roughly one in five smartphones shipped worldwide, it’s been a while since the company truly surprised consumers.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Once completed, the car was shipped back to New York just in time for the 1955 New York Auto Show, which was held outdoors at the Cross County shopping mall in Yonkers.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shipped

Verb

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

Definition of transmitted

Verb

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

Verb

Around midnight on Friday morning, a member of a team dispatched to monitor the lake told CCTV the barrier forming the lake stretched about 150 meters long and 40 or 50 meters high.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
The report states that on the morning of May 23, police were dispatched to Jacobs’ home near Green Bay because of a disturbance between Jacobs and a woman described as his girlfriend.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026