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messaging

verb

present participle of message

as in contacting

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Park rangers are increasing patrols along the river and contacting people who may be illegally camping in the area, Sylvia said.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
His release conditions prohibit him from possessing or using firearms, contacting Goldfein or consuming alcohol.

— Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of contacting

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The setup is designed to help warfighters continue flying drones and communicating in environments where electronic warfare threatens those functions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
In announcing the measure, COGAT claimed to be communicating a decision made by local merchants in Gaza who had grown tired of Hamas taxing their trucks and threatening them.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of communicating

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His thoughts postgame weren’t on boarding a bus for the 2-hour, 15-minute ride back to southeast Kansas.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Officials said the bullet passed through the teen and struck a second person, a 40-year-old man who was boarding the train with his bicycle.

— Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of boarding

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In his incident report, Garner said another officer activated a Taser's electrical arc to try to scare HeeHaw away, but the donkey continued approaching.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Surveillance footage showed Alfozan approaching the conference room on several occasions despite lacking authorization to enter or participate in meetings there.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026

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