dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
had dispatched
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past perfectof dispatch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ukraine said it had dispatched a team of 70 rescuers and 15 specialised vehicles to help battle blazes in France that have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The group had dispatched 507 commercial aircraft to customers by the end of September and is targeting roughly 820 deliveries for the whole year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
These orders followed a report in Sunday’s Washington Post that the FBI had dispatched agents to roam the streets at night, ostensibly to assist local law enforcement.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
The WFP meanwhile warned that the 9,000 tonnes of food aid it had dispatched over the past four weeks was "a tiny fraction" of what was needed in Gaza.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
There’d been no sign of it since that one winter’s day; bounty hunters no doubt had dispatched it, as they had most of the wolves in this part of the country.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
