delegate
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"If we no longer have a scientific basis to work from, then everything we discuss here is merely a matter of opinion," the delegate added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
It’s that a woman who has paid to delegate a household task may find herself unexpectedly responsible for supervising its completion.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
A two-person management committee would assume day-to-day responsibilities, with Overdeck and Siegel each appointing their own delegate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
In real life, he prefers to delegate the unpleasant task to an underling.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
It was a foregone conclusion that Washington would be called out of retirement to head the force, but equally predictable that the aging general would delegate actual command to his former aide-de-camp.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Late in the convention, the delegates adopted the additional phrase “or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” in important part to expand the reach of impeachable corruption beyond technical bribery.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Yet it’s unclear how many were able to attend, with some delegates forced to drive hours across the desert from Bahrain or Jordan to reach Riyadh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ceferin informed delegates of his decision at a meeting of all 55 national association chiefs in Berlin.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising ocean.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Gone in a moment. Ended. In the years that followed, pursuit of knowledge was punished. All science and inquiry were dead. Which brings us to you,” he told the delegates.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Seabright found that the revision made no meaningful difference because those powers could not have been delegated to Essayli in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Stevenson sits on the equality, human rights and civil justice committee as well as the transport committee, and is a substitute member of the delegated powers and law reform committee.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“This is the thing that as of today cannot be delegated to AI,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
But first a tissue sample had to be provided, which required a tricky biopsy that Farmer delegated to a very competent Haitian surgeon in Mirebalais.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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
Call it CEO parenting: treating the modern family as a small enterprise and delegating low-joy tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
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