send a contingent

Frequency: 8.118.9 per million words

To dispatch a contingent to a particular place or for a specific purpose.

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  • NATO agreed to send a peacekeeping contingent of 30,000 troops.
  • The United Nations will send a contingent of observers to monitor the election.
  • The organization has sent a medical contingent to the disaster-stricken area.
  • If they qualify, the country will send its largest ever contingent of athletes to the Olympics.
  • The company decided to send a small contingent of engineers to the international tech conference.
  • A police contingent was sent to manage the crowds during the protest.
  • Every year, the university sends a contingent of students to the international debate competition.
  • In 1914, Britain sent a large contingent of soldiers to support its allies in France.
  • The board is considering whether to send a contingent of sales representatives to the trade show.
  • The government is preparing to send a contingent of firefighters to help battle the wildfires abroad.