delegate

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

How do you delegate the tasks you formerly did, lead former peers and juggle increased responsibilities?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"The latest figure that we have is 72," the government's delegate to Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez Triano, told reporters, when asked about the number of fatalities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 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

Nearly half the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were slaveholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

That was followed by a long-promised "national dialogue", in which some 4,000 delegates gathered to discuss the country's many challenges, including its deep ethnic divides and ongoing insurgencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Key to its success was its timing in the final week of the world's largest arts festival which allowed delegates to network, while also "shopping" the city for fresh ideas, talent and shows.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

His remarks drew an ovation from 1,500 guests at Havana’s Palace of Conventions, including delegates from Communist parties stretching from Chile to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Well, but he was here, and he would help in any way he could, even if it was only running errands for the delegates.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

Rather than saddle an existing agency with additional duties, Congress delegated rulemaking and enforcement power to a private corporation known as the Horseracing Authority.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 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

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

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

"Militaries adopt AI to speed up processes such as target identification. But delegating life-and-death decisions to machines poses profound ethical and human rights risks," said Patrick Wilcken of Amnesty International.

From BBC ● 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