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
She said: "It is very obvious that what the prime minister said at the despatch box was not correct. It's clear that full due process was not followed."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
It was quite a moment when a minister of the crown called the King's brother "rude, arrogant and entitled" at the despatch box of the House of Commons.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
The House of Commons gives itself to a dialogic style—to, at its best, a deft pattern of call-and-response across the despatch box.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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