Thesaurus results for MESSAGES

messages 1 of 2

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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Though postponed, the 73-year-old musician knew the band’s messages would land with as much timeliness as ever. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc. — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Customization requests through direct messages accounted for approximately 30 percent of first-year business. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 If a customer fixes an address but later messages or decisions still use the old one, the correction may not have reached every system. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The league is also partnering with a third-party service provider to help monitor and control harassing messages. — Jessica Golden,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 The thumbs-down review of the shop prompted a response from Art of Play, which posted messages from customers defending it, followed by the store’s version of events a day later. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026 Crack it, and attackers could pose as your bank or listen in on your messages. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 Long before the lucky pregame butt squeezes or the messages written on the back of Haley Cavinder's pants or even taking the heat for Jake Ferguson's bad game, there was the classic shooter taking his shot. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Ada Scott, an elderly reporter who was close to retirement, regularly wrote glowing dispatches about Puente in the 1960s for The East Yolo Record, a newspaper that operated in what is now West Sacramento.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
In the spirit of snacking, here are bite-sized dispatches from some of the Vogue team’s favorite foods at fashion week.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispatches

Verb

Sometimes the operators already know about the leaks and are fixing them when the state air agency contacts them, according to the state’s dashboard.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Never give a one-time passcode to someone who contacts you unexpectedly.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of contacts

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The letters warns that legal action may follow if the state does not meet the 48-hour deadline to review the list.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Her boyfriend Tom Arnold becomes a writer/producer and complains that someone there stole his love letters and sold out his steamy relationship with Roseanne to the National Enquirer.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of letters

Noun

The Navy needs an aircraft capable of supporting specialized communications hardware during extended operations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
When filing may be premature Document the loss and the policy issue first, then pull together the communications that show where the insurer stood.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of communications

Verb

As the country approaches its 250th birthday, roughly half of Americans say the American Dream no longer holds true, and younger generations are on track to earn less than their parents.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Communing with her fans is part of the Chinouriri experience, so much so that anyone who approaches her for a photo is also met with a real conversation.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of approaches

Noun

Major reports about its immigration actions and pay-for-play operations have gotten significant airtime on the network and praise from Weiss.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Kansas City officials have acknowledged the city’s struggles to address homelessness, with reports ranking the city as among the worst in terms of the number of people without shelter.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

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