- a variation of dispatch.
despatch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Madrid on Thursday said it would despatch soldiers to Ceuta to ensure security after hundreds of migrants entered the Spanish north African exclave from Morocco and hundreds more headed there from the North African kingdom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ukraine is preparing to despatch military drone specialists to Gulf states to help them fend off Iranian-designed drones -- something the Ukrainian army has been doing since the start of Russia's invasion.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Rishi Sunak will be at the despatch box at 12:00 to take questions from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and MPs.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
Rishi Sunak is at the despatch box as he begins to take questions from MPs in the Commons chamber.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
“The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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