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The current draft was "a text without ambition", said the French delegate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

"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

In real life, he prefers to delegate the unpleasant task to an underling.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 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

The chaplain shook his head, feeling despicably remiss because he did not know how to delegate responsibility and had no initiative, and because he really had been tempted to disagree with the colonel.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

Under the constitution, Congress has authority over tariffs, which it delegates to the president in specific circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

But regional delegates admitted the process was tiring.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

I received ANC people from all of the regions, as well as delegates from the UDF and COSATU.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Ethical choices can’t be delegated to a model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The licences are issued by the Football Association, though the process itself is delegated to the Premier League.

From BBC ● 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

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

Four years into retirement, I’m enjoying the benefits of delegating money matters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

People can tell the difference between making a decision and delegating it to a system.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 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