Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/September 5

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dispatch box n

A box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches (“important official messages”) and other documents. (Commonwealth, politics) A box that is placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern for addressing the legislature. Today, following a vote by its members, the Conservative Party announced that the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be Liz Truss; the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on 7 July 2022.

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