How to Use receive in a Sentence

receive

verb
Definition of receivenext
Synonyms for receivenext
  • She received the news of his death with remarkable calmness.
  • You will be charged a late fee if the electric company does not receive your payment on time.
  • Millie even receives a grim warning from a groundskeeper.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • That bezel was fluted to receive an interlocking tool used to screw the bezel on and off of the mid-case.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
  • On Friday morning Williams already received two calls about litters in need of rescuing.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
  • Consumers must receive periodic statements of money owed similar to the ones received for classic credit card accounts.
    — Cora Lewis, Fortune, 23 May 2024
  • While kindergarten teaching and aggressive right-wing politics might not seem compatible, this isn’t Fodor’s first time receiving backlash for her videos.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2024
  • There are a few potential answers, but in the U.S., the most notable populist trait that receives the least amount of pushback is the nostalgia for a bygone era: the post-war boom.
    — John Gustavsson, National Review, 11 May 2024
  • Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The amount demanded was the exact amount John had received in a bonus.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • With the latter, the winner receives just over half that amount as a lump sum payment.
    — The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fairstein will not receive any money as part of the agreement.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • The food bank will receive 100% of the tax-deductible donations.
    — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Teams like the Agars must receive invitations to compete in the elite event.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 16 June 2023
  • Police then received a tip in April of last year via Facebook about the robbery in which Moore was killed.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In 2020, the department received permission to record and store footage.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Harris, who was 18 at the time and about to graduate from high school, received a 76-year prison sentence.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Kravitz, a four-time Grammy winner, is set to receive the Music Icon Award.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The fraudulent text invites the consumer to click on a link and pay a small shipping fee in order to receive a free gift.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 June 2023
  • Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
    — Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The series even received a rare score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
  • This year, buyers had to wait for income tax returns to receive their money.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Many eyes will be on the new sequel, not just because of Tynion’s name but because the first was so well received by the art and literature worlds.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fans will be able to join a sweepstakes for a chance to receive one of the boomboxes (which each have a piece of J.I.D’s chewed gum visible inside the volume knob).
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's doctrine that women are not able to receive holy orders.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Compton received his Nobel Prize in 1927, shared with a pair of German scientists—one of whom would invent the Geiger counter.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 22 July 2023
  • Guests can receive an invite to this exclusive sneak peek by signing up at habitburger.com/oceanside.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • Not everyone who registered received a code, but enough people did that the show sold out.
    — Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Kane’s office received 175 calls for help in Hallandale Beach alone.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • With all of these vegetables, the abnormally rapid growth starts when the plant receives a series of special cues.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024

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