receiving

Example Sentences

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After receiving a flood of messages from people, she decided that instead of responding to each person individually, she would share her apartment picks on her interior design website.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Individual employees in Asia and Europe began receiving notifications that they would be affected early in their mornings, with employees in the Americas to follow, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

While a user can’t spend beyond the amount loaded on the card, critics say receiving a notification that they’ve been reimbursed immediately after a purchase can mimic the feeling of gambling and alter spending behavior.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Patients who had signed off on the two-drug treatment but whose pills hadn’t yet reached the post office had to be recontacted to consent to receiving misoprostol alone and reeducated on how to use it.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The sheer unlikeliness of receiving such an unexpected invitation was mentioned by no one.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood