Collocations for "dispatch"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dispatch" in context.
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dispatch
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- the dispatch of [goods, items, products, orders]
- the dispatch of [communication, letters, invitations, messages] (to)
- the dispatch of [troops, forces, tanks, soldiers] (to)
- authorized the dispatch of [troops]
- the [daily, nightly, weekly] dispatch (of goods)
- an [urgent, emergency] dispatch of [medicine, supplies] (to)
- the latest (news) dispatch from [Washington, Madrid, Baghdad]
- [edited, published, censored] the (political) dispatches
- was mentioned in dispatches
- [an online, a radio, a remote] dispatch
- a [journal, newspaper, town, local, regional] dispatch
- [acted, responded, decided] with dispatch
- (please) proceed with [all possible, maximum] dispatch
- dispatch the [goods, items, merchandise]
- goods [were, have been, will be] dispatched
- dispatch a [police car, taxi, fire truck]
- dispatch [officers, medics, forensics]
- dispatched to [investigate, determine, assist]
- dispatched to the [scene, area, house, village, victims]
- dispatched from the [station, depot, hospital]
- dispatch [troops, soldiers, squadrons, fighter jets]
- dispatched [500, the best, elite] [troops]
- dispatched to the [border, war zone, frontline]
- dispatched to [help, fight, rescue, prevent, support, examine]
- the [team, opponent, player] was dispatched [easily, mercilessly, quickly]
- dispatched in the [1st round, semi final, play off]
- the dispatch [time, date, place]
- the dispatch [address, location, warehouse]