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Cause to be dispatched or delivered, as in Let's send in a letter of protest to the hiring committee . [Early 1700s]
Cause someone to become involved in a particular undertaking, as in This disagreement is serious; it's time to send in the lawyers , or In the final few minutes the coach sent in Richard on right wing . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
Several weeks later, protests in Portland, Oregon, tested the president’s resolve to send in an “occupying force.”
Iranian TV has invited people to send in videos sharing their reactions to Khamenei's return to the public eye.
But in Los Angeles there was a public backlash and street protests that sometimes turned violent, prompting him to controversially send in the military to the second largest city in the US.
McMahon said that failing to change course "would condemn Croydon's residents to a worsening position without an exit strategy" and he was "minded to" send in commissioners to run the council.
“There’s a question of whether what he’s doing is legal, regarding him and Hegseth sending in Marines. The governor and the mayor did not request the National Guard, let alone the Marines,” Carbajal said.
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