legate

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Recent Examples of legate However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries. Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Franciscan Plano Carpini, who traveled the empire as papal legate in 1246, described a draconian tax collector demanding one in three boys from every Russian family, as well as unmarried women. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 The wife of the ailing emperor sends an Imperial legate — her nephew — to investigate. N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 14 July 2017 That Francis forced Festing’s resignation without deigning to pick up Burke’s gauntlet was further vindication of the Pope, who will soon appoint his own legate to run the Order. James Carroll, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017
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Noun
  • Their student ambassador program is growing fast and new Claude Builder Clubs are popping up at universities around the world.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, Wednesday saw Kardashian, a Balenciaga brand ambassador, dressed in a white latex Balenciaga dress with matching boot stilettos.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The proposal, titled New Business Item 39, was preliminarily adopted by union delegates at the 2025 Representative Assembly, which took place in Portland, Oregon, on July 5.
    Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
  • The date of death and the following day of a United States senator, representative, territorial delegate, or the resident commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Trump met Netanyahu on Tuesday for the second time in two days to discuss the situation in Gaza, with the president's Middle East envoy indicating that Israel and Hamas were nearing an agreement on a ceasefire deal after nearly two years of war.
    USA Today, USA Today, 9 July 2025
  • During a Cabinet meeting yesterday, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism that an agreement between Israel and Hamas could be reached by the end of the week.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Buxton announced his plans to compete in the derby on his Instagram account one day after he was named the Twins’ lone representative in the All-Star Game.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
  • One suspect believed to be the leader of the operation, who was identified as Y.S., described himself as a representative of Spain’s Sephardic community.
    Orge Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Executives maintain close working relations with ministers, who negotiate the BBC’s funding and operating charter, but the corporation is designed to be editorially and operationally autonomous of the government.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 July 2025
  • Malaysia’s trade minister, Zafrul Aziz, said Wednesday that his country would not meet all of the U.S. requests after a Trump letter placed a 25% tariff on its goods.
    Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025

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“Legate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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