dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
is dispatching
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present progressiveof dispatch (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The State Department is dispatching more diplomats to aid the effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
The ministry said Japan is dispatching the team as part of its emergency humanitarian support at the request of the Turkish government and based on humanitarian considerations as well as Japan’s friendship with Turkey.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Bracing for more turmoil, Biden is dispatching his national security adviser to Israel in mid-January in a bid to forestall potentially deepening rifts between his administration and its top Mideast partner.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Denmark is dispatching a frigate to the Baltic Sea.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
Madam, Justice Trice desires your ladyship's excuse, that he has not yet performed the civilities of his hour to you; he is dispatching a little business, about which he is earnestly employed.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
