SENT (AWAY) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

sent (away)

verb

Definition of sent (away)

past tense of send (away)

as in turned away

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Trans*cendent’s entry fee is sliding scale for the trans community with nobody turned away for lack of funds, important given that trans people statistically make much less money than other members of the LGBTQ community.

— Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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