delegate

“I’ve learned to delegate and let other people take over.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Pilar Bernabe, the central government's delegate to Valencia, said the fire has been "very intense" and weather conditions were expected to worsen.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

As AI begins building AI, the country that trusts its models most can delegate the most and compound the fastest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Spanish government's delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martin, seized upon a forecast dip in temperatures Saturday to say "there is a real opportunity now to tackle this fire with some guarantee of success".

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Before taking the signatures, the personal delegate of the president of the republic tried to read the act of surrender aloud, but Colonel Aureliano Buendía was against it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It was Ghana that tabled the UN resolution, and in June, a summit on reparations was held in its capital, Accra, with delegates from around 80 countries, who concluded that recompense was long overdue.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Cellphones were banned from the ceremony, bags were closely screened and delegates put through a metal detector by a sizable security force.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Kim needed at least two thirds of the 1,000 delegates attending the labor federation’s Oakland convention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Charleston convention ended without a nominee; a majority of Southern delegates walked out when they failed to get a platform that protected the expansion of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

I was raised in the belief that these were obscure little engines inside my cells, owned and operated by me or my cellular delegates, private, submicroscopic bits of my intelligent flesh.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

As per the OCC, “approvals of applications such as this are made under authority delegated by the Comptroller to career staff.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The position is usually delegated to a junior minister, the paper explains.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Lunetta pointed out that hospitals "have repetitive tasks" which "could be delegated to a good robot".

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

And an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in 2012 delegated this authority to the secretary of defense.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Some say it was delegated by the gods to Prometheus, the Titan who had sided with Zeus in the war with the Titans, and to his brother, Epimetheus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Similarly to that crawl, L.A.’s will feature a passport system, which involves delegating stamps for every purchase of $10 or more at each stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Supervision of an agency is necessary to comply with the private nondelegation doctrine, a constitutional principle that prohibits Congress and agencies from delegating authority to private parties without sufficient government oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"Alter-Ego" may seem capable but "no-one has considered directly delegating the administration of pills" to it, neurologist Rachele Piras said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

These set out guidance on what states can do to enhance credibility and improve transparency, including by delegating investigations to a third party if necessary.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

This morning Dad has taken the liberty of delegating tasks through passive-aggressive Post-it notes hidden like Easter eggs all over the house.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman