relay
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The agency will also issue an open solicitation for Moon Base technology demonstrations and begin pursuing a lunar communication and navigation relay constellation to improve communications between infrastructure on the Moon and Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
If life is a relay race, your brother passed on the Social Security baton.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rhapsodes competed at religious festivals in a kind of relay to determine who could recall the most passages from works such as the “Odyssey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Much of the film’s first act revolves around the party’s inherent awkwardness, giving all four players the chance to relay the texture of their personalities.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
She said we would be spending a portion of every practice for the rest of the week doing relay work; she was hoping that we'd be ready to give it a try by Saturday's meet.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
Laser reception requires fewer relays and can be located at the data center, rather than relayed from a special antenna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Laser reception requires fewer relays and can be located at the data center, rather than relayed from a special antenna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
"We found that activating this pathway excites the part of the spinal cord that relays touch and pain to the brain, causing touch to now be perceived as pain as well," said Ball.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
She had an astonishing ear,” is just one story out of many Beta relays in this book.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
“But the dogs will tire before the stag does, so we place additional relays of dogs along the trail to take over when the others are winded.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
The unpaid work team at the Nene Valley Railway Museum relaid a track bed at the site.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
The field has been belatedly relaid because there were concerts staged at the stadium last weekend.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl named a strong side for what was Newport's first home game of the campaign, with their notorious playing surface having been relaid over the summer, and the pristine surface suited Saints.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2021
My cousins and I hope there will be a time when the debris is cleared away, roads relaid and bridges rebuilt so that we might visit the hills where our grandmother raised our fathers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2017
But at least Henry appreciated the necessity of union within the British Isles; and his work in Ireland relaid the foundations of English rule.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
She relayed Epstein’s personal philosophy as “only do what makes you happy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Matthews said he listened to her and she relayed "very, very serious allegations".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
And former reality TV star Spencer Pratt relayed a message from the heavens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
When her husband rushed from work to her side, she relayed what she said the medical team had told her: Inducing delivery or emptying her uterus would be “a crime,” he later told ProPublica.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
She relayed her plan to Ivan and Håkon, and they agreed.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
"There's a commander within them -- BC6 -- that leads them in relaying signals to the downstream target."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
In March, several weeks into the war, Islamabad confirmed it was relaying messages back and forth between Tehran and Washington.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
He has devoted a surprising amount of time and energy into relaying the minute engineering problems plaguing this shallow pool on the National Mall.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
None of these tactics however are possible without a squad that believes in the message the coach is relaying.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Madison was relaying state-by-state assessments to Monticello, which were also being reported in the local press.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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