dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
dispatched
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past participleof dispatch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dispatch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dispatchverb (used with object)to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
Example Sentences
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This observation was made by Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Kaplan in a daily email dispatched to clients on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Under Mao, scores of Han Chinese were dispatched to the region, reinforcing Beijing’s authority while also building a buffer with Soviet states in Central Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The ministry last week promised 3,000 substitute teachers for the country's 114 worst-affected secondary schools, and said on Wednesday it had already dispatched 2,000.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
After Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, he dispatched Robinson to the Dodgers’ triple-A team in Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
When she was nine, her mother dispatched Lourdes and Rosa Amalia, then ten, to work for a former neighbor as live-in maids.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
