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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister
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as in representative
a person who acts or does business for another
the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests
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as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates
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Recent Examples of delegate
Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024
When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024
Now 77, Nitschke first explored the idea of delegating assisted suicide to machines in the 1990s.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
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To issue an endorsement, district delegates must attend a convention and 60 percent must vote to endorse the candidate.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024
When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, some legal experts say that several of these countries don’t do adequate screening, or often delegate it to third-party agencies without oversight.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 16 Oct. 2024
Now 77, Nitschke first explored the idea of delegating assisted suicide to machines in the 1990s.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegate
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The series centers Wyler, who is described as having decades of diplomatic experience around the world, particularly in the Middle East, owing in part to her husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) serving as the American ambassador to Lebanon.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s first Cabinet pick was Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Let District 3 voters pick council member We the people in District 3 deserve to elect our replacement representative.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The county met late Tuesday with Navajo officials and representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties.Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump appointed 237 federal judges during his first term, moving the federal judiciary sharply to the right.Tobi Raji The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The board also appointed Alesia Smith, formerly chief of schools, as deputy superintendent.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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The estate hands the vast bulk of its profits over to the UK government each year.Anna Cooban, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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The junior officer took off his coat and shoes and handed his weapon to a colleague.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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The markets were also used by diplomatic envoys who transported enslaved people as gifts to their hosts.Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Nevertheless, Hochstein, the U.S. envoy, recently unveiled an even more ambitious plan.Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hager finished his 35-year military career as deputy commanding general for operations, Cyber National Mission Force and mobilization assistant to the commander for USCYBERCOM.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In the fifth inning of the first game of the 1977 World Series, Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn deputized his second-in-command to tell me the press pass giving me access to the teams’ locker rooms was useless.Melissa Ludtke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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In some ways, the ubiquity of the archive sale – sometimes branded as a sample sale – is a reflection of the challenging retail landscape right now, particularly for young designers (many of whom were left in debt following the shuttering of Matches earlier this year).Emily Chan, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2024
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That has left mid-sized TV operators in India looking to find new ways of expanding their scale.Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Delegate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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