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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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The dispatcher later said "the aircraft has lost radio and radar".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Her father, Drahos, worked as a train dispatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The dispatcher could hear a lot of noise, but nothing else.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

According to the EMS dispatch audio from June 14, emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washington, D.C., residence for an “unconscious” person, with one dispatcher stating there was “CPR in progress” for a “cardiac arrest.”

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

You sat and sat until the dispatcher either sent you out on a job or sent you home.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Suisun City dispatchers are taking emergency police and fire calls through the Solano County dispatch center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

PJM’s energy dispatchers essentially function as air-traffic controllers, rerouting power as needed to meet demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The dispatchers continued to tell him to just hang in there and wait.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen


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