delegate

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

She has received supportive messages from players and has been able to delegate jobs to her coaching staff, who she describes as "phenomenal".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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

Swinney will bring the SNP's three-day conference to a close with a keynote speech to delegates on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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

In fact, when the delegates had all assembled in Alkonost to cross the desert together, Thyon Nero had failed to recognize him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

Many try three of the steps, then give up, Steve said, often because the top boss has delegated the project to, say, someone in human resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“This is the thing that as of today cannot be delegated to AI,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

So finally they delegated me to tell him that he needed to take a bath more often.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

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

"Our historical experience has taught us that delegating vital matters... to international judicial bodies has been detrimental to our sovereignty and our territorial integrity," he said.

From Barron's ● May 6, 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