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as in delegation
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as in legation
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Recent Examples of deputation
An article published in the British Medical Journal describes their close call with the authorities, A Nazi deputation consisting of an elderly doctor and two younger assistants was sent to investigate the results sent by Drs.
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputation
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Bass had flown to the West African nation Jan. 4 as part of a Biden Administration delegation to the inauguration of the Ghanaian president.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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This week, Gibson will be part of a small bipartisan delegation of U.S. leaders going to Morocco and Tunisia to engage in cultural and political exchange.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Fortuitously, that morning, a random telephone call got through to the embassy from the U.S. legation in Berne.—
Sam Roberts,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2015
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Williams was brought to Diddy's office and was offered $50,000.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The abuse continued until Summers finally returned to the office, and the caller ordered Nix to leave.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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With the source of the Nile running through the city, the area attracts tourists who come to raft the river’s rapids and bungee jump over the water, and houses international charity organizations and missionaries that want to set up outside the snarled traffic of Kampala.—
Greg Presto,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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And thanks to another papal missionary, Augustine of Canterbury, the early Celtic church in England, adopted Roman Christian practice in the seventh century.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2025
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Mexicans remain by far the largest group of people living in the country without authorization, but their share has declined significantly since the 1990s, according to data from the Pew Research Center.—
Allison McCann,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The project has received full authorization from POMASE, the official body managing Saint-Exupéry’s legacy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Erastus Snow was an apostle from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in charge of Arizona colonization.—
Zach Bradshaw,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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The other day, The Athletic’s Duncan Alexander — an analytics apostle if ever there was one — got talking with a data denier in a pub.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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This placement is to be temporary until a permanent residence can be found.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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This placement suggested that they were deposited during a single event.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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The diplomatic engagement also follows the Taliban’s appointment of an acting consul in the Afghan consulate in Bombay in November, the same month India’s joint secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs visited Kabul.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Kate Leonard, the honorary consul of Japan in San Diego, encouraged me to apply after reading my Mother’s Day opinion essay in The San Diego Union-Tribune.—
Eva Kurima,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Deputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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