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convey

[kuhn-vay] / kənˈveɪ /




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"What we're trying to convey to the world is this: these issues of climate change are not theoretical anymore," Khanal told AFP in an interview in New York.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Scent marks have to convey useful information even though their chemistry begins changing as soon as they are deposited.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some do recall the morning but struggle to convey the magnitude of pain and fear to students for whom 9/11 is another date in a social studies course timeline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Bizimana said he had asked the Kenyan ambassador to convey to his government Burundi's concerns and to ensure that no Burundian was subjected to abuse.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Melody is a particularly easy concept to convey to children, since attention to a piece of music is naturally drawn to the melody.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

When he turns, we turn, and the anguish that Garfield wordlessly conveys is our compass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Wile E. Coyote conveys his hunger in a glower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ms. Day conveys Gelsomina’s strange existential awakening with a mix of narrative strategies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

A preoccupation with what others have on their shelves might be purely aesthetic, but often conveys something more, like a sense of judgment.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

But in scientific language, a word conveys more than an idea—a mechanism, a consequence, a prediction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

At the Thursday briefing, Kim, the South Korean minister, said Lutnick conveyed his understanding of Seoul’s concerns about the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sánchez had previously told parliament that there was "no information that conveyed the magnitude" of the "crisis we were going to suffer" on the last two days of July.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Every report regarding shortages of personnel, equipment, water, or other needs must be conveyed immediately so that solutions can be found."

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

But at his career’s apex, Curry conveyed a novella’s worth of feeling through a flexible expressiveness that made him a theatrical force.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

I could understand the vet's words but not what they conveyed, and Mr. Norton looked as uncomfortable as I felt.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

It is the same message officials across the country have been conveying in British Columbia, where around 115 fires are currently burning.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Across five Pacific War volumes, Mr. Scott has established himself as a master of conveying the human cost of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Greenspan exhibited a deft touch with financial markets, saying the barest minimum in his statements but seemingly always conveying what traders wanted to hear.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Children in the study looked at faces conveying different emotions onscreen, and eye-tracking technology recorded where their attention veered.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

In truth, he had simply allowed himself to get caught engaging in the same talk that Jefferson was conveying to friends and Monroe was sputtering out loud to anyone in Paris who would listen.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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