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as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the delegation by the president to the secretary of state of complete control of the nation's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of delegation
Womack is the first member of Arkansas' House delegation to announce his reelection plans.
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Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the likely absence of – or potential stonewalling by – a U.S. delegation will take up much of the oxygen in the negotiating hall.
—Mary Nichols, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Vance, the first Catholic convert to serve as vice president, and Rubio led a delegation as the first U.S.-born leader of the church formally assumed his role with a Mass May 18 in St. Peter's Square attended by tens of thousands of people, including dozens of world leaders.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the likely absence of – or potential stonewalling by – a U.S. delegation will take up much of the oxygen in the negotiating hall.
—Mary Nichols, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Vance, the first Catholic convert to serve as vice president, and Rubio led a delegation as the first U.S.-born leader of the church formally assumed his role with a Mass May 18 in St. Peter's Square attended by tens of thousands of people, including dozens of world leaders.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegation
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At 99, a Seminal Asian Leader Reflects on a Contentious Legacy After the explosion, a large contingent of military and police personnel arrived at the site and cordoned off the area.—
Zia ur-Rehman,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Of the countries that have contributed $110 million to a U.N. trust fund to support the Kenya mission, none are from Latin America and the Caribbean, and only four countries— Jamaica, The Bahamas, Guatemala and Salvador— have a small contingent on the ground in Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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Listen to this article MIAMI — The Miami Heat’s approach to free agency last summer was simplicity, that Jimmy Butler would return hungry for an extension, the core would meet Pat Riley’s mandate of elevated attendance, Jaime Jaquez Jr. would make sophomore strides.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Musk's push for a mandate that federal employees should send short emails listing weekly accomplishments was overruled by some Cabinet heads and was one of several ways his Silicon Valley background clashed with the ways of Washington.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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This agency oversees the authorization for manufacturing firms to sell and distribute these vaccines as part of an official USDA animal disease control program.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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This withdrawal came following the company’s public announcement to increase its share repurchase authorization to $750 million and commit to utilize $200 million of such authorization over the next three months and $500 million within the next 12 months.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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“Delegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegation. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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