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transmission

noun as in the act of transporting

noun as in a mechanism for transmitting power

noun as in conveyance

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Fiji's most recent national HIV statistics cite injectable drug use as the most common known mode of transmission, accounting for 48% of cases.

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"It is quite clear that you were tasked with ensuring the safety of the consignment and its onward transmission," the judge said.

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“Over the next three and a half years, California has much of what it needs to continue moving forward on offshore wind — on ports, transmission, and more.”

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Pizarro said in April that a leading theory was that a century-old transmission line that had not been in service since the 1970s somehow became reenergized and sparked the fire.

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The budget airline pilots acknowledged the transmission, although their responses were difficult to hear due to the static sounds on the recording.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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