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dépêche

dispatch

noun deh-PESH Rare

Also means

news wire report

Usage Note

dépêche refers to an official or journalistic dispatch — a brief urgent message. It is closely associated with the news agency l'Agence France-Presse (AFP), whose wire reports are called dépêches. The verb se dépêcher ('to hurry') shares the same root but is entirely separate in usage.

Examples

"La dépêche a été publiée ce matin."

Natural Translation

The dispatch was published this morning.

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