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despatch

American  
[dih-spach] / dɪˈspætʃ /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. dispatch.


despatch British  
/ dɪˈspætʃ /

verb

  1. (tr) a less common spelling of dispatch

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He said he would set up the meeting she requested, adding: "There must be a way to save Jodrell Bank, and I give a commitment today, at this despatch box, we will find it."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

They will despatch “courtesy ambassadors” armed with "best-practice" pamphlets to taxi stands.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024

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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