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deputation

noun as in group of representatives

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A deputation, headed by Herr von Oldenburg-Januscha, even went to Doorn to press objections, but met with a warm reply from the former monarch.

“Yes, the troops, alas, were obliged to fire....Had a small deputation brought, calmly, a real petition for the workman’s good, all would have been otherwise.”

He told me that he and his companions had been chosen by the other sailors to come in deputation to me to make me a requisition which, in justice, I could not refuse.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland has asked U.S. officials to end the federal deputation of dozens of police officers in Oregon’s largest city as part of the response to ongoing protests in the city.

Attorney's Office to end the deputation of 56 Portland police officers in the Police Bureau's Rapid Response Team.

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