with dispatch

idiom

formal
: in a quick and efficient way
The problem was handled with dispatch.

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Service was restored around 4 a.m. Friday when dispatch centers switched to analog phone systems or partnered with dispatch centers that had not been impacted, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 Specialists will verify gunshot detector readings by using cameras in the area or confirming with dispatch that a related call was placed. The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024 Responders will be instructed to interact with dispatch to re-establish contact with the caller, interact with bystanders in the area and activate lights and sirens to announce their arrival. Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024 Facebook Show more sharing options Acting with dispatch, Gov. Newsom this week appointed Laphonza Butler, a veteran labor organizer and political strategist, to replace the late Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate. Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023 More:Partial access open DTW's McNamara Terminal; Canton under water after flooding The Free Press spoke with dispatch at Oakland County, Novi and Walled Lake police departments, but is unclear which department is handling the case. Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2023 Former San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Meagan McCarthy was the closest law enforcement officer when a frantic 911 call came in from a mother, pleading with dispatch for help and for someone to save her from her own son. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 June 2023 But the city has to move with dispatch because the structure is showing many signs of distress, from the spalling concrete to what looks like some sizable potholes that might have already gone through and been covered up. Curbed, 11 July 2023 Behind him was his mother, with a knife in her hand and still on the phone with dispatch. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 June 2023

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“With dispatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20dispatch. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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