dispatched

Example Sentences

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A minister was dispatched to survey the devastation.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The Irish Coast Guard's helicopter Rescue 116, based in Dublin, and the Greenore Coast Guard unit were dispatched.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The U.S. had already dispatched 30 health workers to staff the 50-bed unit, located at Laikipia Air Base on the outskirts of the city of Nanyuki.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

With her opponents, who she summarily dispatched with victories in the first and second rounds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The remaining papers had to be “grouped, described, labeled, indexed, and reverently dispatched to their sealed tombs in the government vaults.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield