- a variation of dispatch.
despatch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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U.S. presidents had been using yachts since the 1880s, like the USS Despatch, USS Dolphin and USS Sylph, to host foreign dignitaries and serve as recreational space.
From Slate • Dec. 30, 2024
And in May 2018, a widespread breakdown in the northern system of Pakistan’s power company, the National Transmission and Despatch Company, caused a power breakdown in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Provinces.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023
That great journalist Hannen Swaffer was once returning from his lunchtime refreshment while he was editor of the Weekly Despatch when the steps of Northcliffe House confused his feet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2019
The Serjeant at Arms' duties involve carrying the mace during the Speaker's procession and placing it on the Despatch Box in the Chamber of the House of Commons.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2015
His delay was ended by the gossip which began to be rumored about in regard to the attack on Carteaux, and concerning the mysterious loss of Despatch No. 10.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
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