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 military is offering suppliers multiyear contracts to encourage companies to invest more in their manufacturing capacity and is dispatching teams to help solve supply bottlenecks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 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
Government is dispatching a large force of cavalry to punish the marauders and protect the line, which it is to be hoped may prove effectual.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 by Various
