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

Denmark is dispatching a frigate to the Baltic Sea.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2022

Buttigieg is dispatching minority surrogates such as Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa, and former Iowa state Rep. Deborah Berry.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2020

Lord Palmerston, as Britannia, is dispatching Mercuries with fire and sword, to the east, typical of the wars in Egypt and China. 

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John