electronically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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If you file an accurate return electronically and choose direct deposit, the IRS says you should generally get your refund within 21 days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
He recommended that people file electronically when ready “as if everything was normal.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026
In an ethics filing he electronically signed in June, Blanche said his bitcoin and other cryptocurrency investments — including Solana, Cardano and Ethereum — “were gifted in their entirety to my grandchild and adult children.”
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service said the agency expects to receive about 164 million individual income tax returns this year, with most taxpayers filing electronically.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Samuel Morse changed the news business forever when he electronically transmitted the results of a congressional vote in Washington, DC, to a newspaper in Baltimore across a copper wire back in 1844.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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