delegate
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In real life, he prefers to delegate the unpleasant task to an underling.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
One Pacific delegate said he hoped that voices from the region would be "treated equally and fairly and with all respect" in Antalya.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
We’re underestimating the often-invisible work of people who enable higher-ranking leaders to delegate and get the most out of front-line employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A team player, Cook knew when to step back and delegate reponsibilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
After one of our delegate assembly meetings, Mr. Muse informed me that I had been invited to have lunch at the Rotary Club meeting on the following Tuesday.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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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
The annual event, co-ordinated by the Guernsey Nature Commission, brings together delegates to share ideas and develop joint projects aimed at protecting the natural environment.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Top delegates to the Pacific talks will hold a one-day retreat on low-lying Tuvalu, a small island nation laying plans to relocate the population if it is consumed by the ocean.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The delegates were then allowed to leave one by one, each person interviewed by the police and his or her name taken down.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Our ability to think isn’t helped by the decline of writing, a task increasingly delegated to chatbots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
Cuba’s former president and revolutionary leader, Raúl Castro, also 95, has delegated much of the negotiations with the U.S. to the younger generations of his family, including a son and grandson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Lunetta pointed out that hospitals "have repetitive tasks" which "could be delegated to a good robot".
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The PAC had launched its own propaganda campaign and I was delegated to make our case wherever possible.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Wasn’t it true, a juror asked, that he had taken to delegating tasks to subordinates in recent years?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
Leo has denounced the race for AI in the military field, saying that "delegating decisions concerning the life and death of human beings to machines" is a "destructive spiral".
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
But he has become good at delegating, too, with all of the backroom team delivering sessions so the squad don't get tired of hearing one voice.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
He was delegating the red rubber bands to Laney when his mom called to him from the kitchen.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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