- a variation of dispatch.
despatch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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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
Less than four weeks after Labour's election victory, her statement was entitled Spending Inheritance and she delivered it from the despatch box.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2024
A video of the incident on Friday shows the shadow health and social care secretary standing at the despatch box and speaking over Labour's Steve Reed, while deputy speaker Christopher Chope calls for order.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
"Every One Nation rebellion ends a few minutes before the vote with someone like Robert Buckland asking a minister to give an assurance from the despatch box and accepting it," one MP said.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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