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received by vs received from

Both 'received by' and 'received from' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Received by' is used to indicate the recipient of something, but 'received from' is used to indicate the source of something that was received.
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Last updated: January 13, 2025 • 7754 views

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"received by"

Use 'received by' when you want to indicate the recipient of something.

Examples:

  • The package was received by the customer.
  • The email was received by the team.
  • I can't track it either on Amazon as no details are showing on the website. 22 Sep 2021 11:15, Amazon, Your parcel has been delivered and received by MANIFEST ...
  • Hello, I'm having an issue where my task notifications are no longer being received by email, as of 29 March. There is nothing in spam or trash. I have ...
  • Oct 13, 2023 ... Campaign says sent but never received by my personal emails · Mark as New · Bookmark · Subscribe · Mute · Subscribe to RSS Feed · Permalink ...
  • A written application for a mailed absentee ballot must be received by the voter's County Auditor no later than 5:00 p.m. 15 days before the election.
  • Vote-by-mail ballots that are mailed must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your county elections office no later than 7 days after ...
  • May 29, 2024 ... Dropbox Sign signature reminders aren't received by the recipients. I have created a Dropbox signature request through Dropbox Sign. I need 9 ...
  • Jun 2, 2023 ... Invoices sent later in the month were received by the client. I only send invoices to 1 client via Invoice portal. Do I need to resend these ...
  • Jul 18, 2023 ... Phishing emails not being received by Sophos email ... I am trying out the Phis Threat. I have tried this multipul times, but cannot seem to get ...
  • Jun 12, 2024 ... Must be received by noon on Election Day. Alaska. Alaska Stat. §15.20.081(e) and (h). ✓.
  • Mar 23, 2023 ... The smaller amount was sent directly to my personal bank account and I've received it but the bigger one that should be received by AMEX ( about ...

Alternatives:

  • delivered to
  • sent to
  • given to
  • handed to
  • passed to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"received from"

Use 'received from' when you want to indicate the source of something.

Examples:

  • I received the gift from my friend.
  • The report was received from the supplier.
  • Nov 3, 2020 ... HI, I am getting "DB::Exception: Unexpected packet Data received from client" while executing the query. Got only few instances of those but ...
  • Oct 16, 2022 ... Where do you get that? I'm guessing it's not a Klipper error since it says “GCode path received from Klipper". Is this an Octoprint error? Are ...
  • Nov 4, 2022 ... ... lds updates rejected errors? TIA! 2022-11-04T14:54:19.083188Z warn Envoy proxy is NOT ready: config received from XDS server, but was re...
  • Jun 19, 2012 ... This server then adds received : from to the header. Example: bart@mydomain.com wants to send an email to sohaibafifi@yourdomain.com. Bart ...
  • Aug 11, 2016 ... ... received from '(null)' [Aug 11 22:52:25] NOTICE[31223][C-00000001] res_rtp_asterisk.c: Unknown RTP codec 95 received from '51.20.189.70:32770'.
  • Jul 18, 2022 ... Briefly describe (1-2 sentences) the Bug you're experiencing: I cannot see the history of messages received from individuals (not to a team ...
  • Sep 14, 2022 ... Playback failed. No audio/video data packets received from server". Anyone have a fix for this ? Question. •. Updated. 2 years ago. 1K. 8. 0. 3.
  • Update Lead Status when email is received from contacts ... Hello,. I want to automate lead status to change to contacted when a sales rep receives an email or an ...
  • May 1, 2023 ... Invalid response received from Authorization Server. Expected JSON. Log In to Reply. Log In to Reply. 1 of 13 posts. Original Post. 1 of 13 ...
  • Jan 25, 2019 ... ... received from server. Please ensure the server host and port specified for the connection are correct. (1170) (SQLDriverConnect); [HY000] ...

Alternatives:

  • sent by
  • given by
  • handed by
  • passed by
  • obtained from

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