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as in contingent
a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group a delegation from the local scout troop is being sent to the national jamboree

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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 Trump said the meeting will be held in Munich, where Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the delegation. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also lead a delegation from Beijing. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 But the Israeli delegation has yet to leave for Qatar to participate in talks, and now Trump has removed an important incentive for Hamas to set the hostages free. Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2025 The larger delegation this year, Mr. Unguryan said, is in recognition of the importance of Christianity for many supporters of Mr. Trump. Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for delegation
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Noun
  • There should be a healthy contingent of Netflix movies at Venice (after the streamer had a down year on the Lido in 2024).
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
  • What Europe can do The nature of the peace deal will determine the size and location of the European contingent.
    LORNE COOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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  • President Trump’s decision to scale back U.S. government mandates, which would have forced manufacturers to make and sell more EVs, has been scaled back.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But sweeping mandates to eliminate all DEI programs would undercut efforts to increase fairness and, perhaps more importantly, deny organizations the opportunity to hire the best and the brightest.
    Gregory D. Squires, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2025
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  • The ruling is another setback for one of President Donald Trump’s top priorities to strengthen immigration enforcement and conduct mass deportations of migrants who are in the country without legal authorization.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
  • And support for Ukraine from the U.S. and Europe accelerated, including an authorization to use long-range American weapons to strike militarily strategic targets within Russia.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025

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“Delegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegation. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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