dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
dispatches
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pluralof dispatch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof dispatch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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There Steinem wrote one of the first mainstream media dispatches from the women’s movement, covering a 1969 abortion speak-out in Greenwich Village, where woman after woman shared stories of terminating pregnancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The clips were among thousands of reels, memes and first-person dispatches that flooded Instagram once protesters regained internet access.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Beyond dispatches from his red-and-white-checkered tablecloth joint and name-dropping, Dan Tana’s memoir outlines his significant contributions to soccer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Back on the road, Charlotte and Connor barely have time to make themselves available to the dispatches team before another job comes in.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
And you have no need of dispatches because you have seen so much of the American galaxy and its inhabitants— their homes, their hobbies—up close.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
