despatch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- despatcher noun
- outdespatch verb (used with object)
- undespatched adjective
Example Sentences
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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.
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A team from Aberdeen University was despatched to document the scene, stopping to pick up supplies like plaster of Paris from craft shops on the way, before the site was destroyed by the weather forever.
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The officers were ordered not to stop the gunman because an armed response unit was being despatched from Inverness, 100 miles away.
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When there was little reliable information, Sir Mark's despatches became the "only voice of Indian history as it happened", he recalled.
From BBC
In response, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, Benin's eastern neighbour and much the largest military power in the region, authorised air strikes, while Ecowas leaders decided to despatch ground troops the same day.
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