resend
AmericanUsage
What does resend mean? To resend means to send again, as in Could you resend your email, please?Resend in situations in which something is shipped or transfered but needs to be sent again, often because the first one never reached its destination. It is perhaps most commonly used in reference to digital messages, such as emails and text messages. For example, if you tried to send your homework to your teacher via email and they don’t receive the file, they may ask you to resend the file. Resend also means to send back, as in If the sweater is too big, resend it to me and I’ll send a smaller size. If you receive something in the mail or electronically and then you send it back to the original sender, you are resending it to the original person. Example: If you can’t find the file, let me know and I’ll resend it to you.
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He has threatened to resend the Guard and the military to the Los Angeles area, where they were stationed this summer during federal immigration raids, if needed to maintain safety during the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
McCabe said she had noticed a formatting issue with an email, and the reporters agreed to resend the 18 questions in a Word document.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023
After applying in March 2022, she began receiving requests to resend documents.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
The Prince George’s County Board of Elections announced its sample ballot issue June 21, confirmed that mail-in ballots were not affected, and pledged to resend correct sample ballots.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
Do not try to resend it or you’ll just hear another BONG!
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Absent that, consider resending a copy of what you’ve already sent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
We have nonetheless received no response to our letter, which we are resending to you through classified channels.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2018
Sending and resending an order that has not been acknowledged is not a standard procedure.
From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2012
When another 48 hours elapsed without a reply from her, I resent the information again, this time appended, “I’m resending this because I have no way of knowing whether or not you received it.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2011
They’d been resending the same message all week, since my name first appeared on the Scoreboard.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Consumers resent energy-price jumps exacerbated by the spread of data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"I think a lot of country folk just want to be left alone to breed their sheep and hang their moles and resent people who come to the countryside with different views," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Second, if she outlives him, I assume his children might resent her, since that could tie up a sizable portion of their inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
The churn is especially pronounced in small firms, where favoritism is hard to hide and easy to resent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
If I moved in to organize them they would resent it, perhaps become frightened, perhaps swarm out into my ventricles like bees.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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