delegates
Example Sentences
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For some delegates, however, neither leading contender could fully replace Trump.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
State-level governments hold significant powers over areas including local education, policing and culture, while their delegates sit in the federal government's second chamber – the Bundesrat.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Other delegates bristled that the spat between close allies was an unnecessary distraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Cellphones were banned from the ceremony, bags were closely screened and delegates put through a metal detector by a sizable security force.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
