How to Use delegate in a Sentence

delegate

1 of 2 noun

• He's been chosen as a delegate to the convention.
• Sure, delegate, trust the team, but don’t be naive.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
• The delegates at Basel were all men.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• Or… the delegate can just wait for the courts to explain it to him.
  — Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
• Most of the other delegates signed that day or in the months that followed.
  — Amy Tikkanen Britannica Editors June 22, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026
• That went too far for some delegates and the debate was reopened.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2019
• The delegates would have started with tureens of soup set at both ends of the table.
  — Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
• Wilson spoke more than all but one of his fellow delegates.
  — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
• In the end, delegates voted to shelve the measure for two years so lawyers could study it.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
• The ceilings are very high and there is space for 600 delegates.
  — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Stolle was known during his years as a delegate for his expertise in health care.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
• Sanders’s strong base and delegate haul still gives him a shot to win the nomination.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 4 Mar. 2020
• But only about a quarter of the state’s delegates are Democrats.
  — Ashley Wu, New York Times, 18 May 2026
• Visitors were not just being told who the delegates were.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
• She was named as an alternate delegate.
  — Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Some of my fellow delegates captured this moment on video.
  — David Cavell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
• More than 2,300 delegates were present.
  — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
• The final delegate head count could be near to 3,000.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
• And three-fourths of the delegates must support the endorsement.
  — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Oct. 2017
• The deal already received first-round approval by union delegates.
  — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Still, shelling out that money could be worth it for the access granted to Davos delegates.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
• Some delegates complained about long bus rides and the quality of some hotels.
  — charlotteobserver, 3 Apr. 2018
• Each school board is allowed one delegate at the session, which this year will be held in Chicago.
  — Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• The greatest job 'O' has done this off-season is delegate power.
  — Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
• When the packet goes before delegates, people can call to make amendments.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2026
• Rhode Island, for one, hadn’t even sent a delegate to the convention.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2020
• But the distribution of voters at each precinct site can impact who gets the most delegates.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2020
• So what if one candidate wins the first alignment and another wins the most delegates?
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• The delegate should be embarrassed to introduce such a stupid idea.
  — Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
• Drafts of the document were printed offset so delegates could take notes in the margins.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

delegate

2 of 2 verb

• He doesn't delegate very well.
• Those chores can be delegated to someone else.
• A manager should delegate authority to the best employees.
• Match the right person to each job and delegate your many tasks.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 7 June 2021
• The league could delegate the matter to one of them.
  — Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• A lot of times we’ve been delegated as plus-size folks off to the side.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 11 July 2023
• There is only one of you and a lot of the parts of my job are not able to delegate that.
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
• But that does not mean all such laws also delegate the power to tax.
  — Ilya Somin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
• Then, delegate that area down to a team member or even an entire team.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• Use your quick mind to streamline your job or delegate some of your duties.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2021
• The work has been delegated, not owned.
  — Laura Steinbrink, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• Run the pitch by a friend, ask for feedback or simply delegate.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
• Many parents delegate part of the teaching task to schools, in an act of trust.
  — CNN, 3 Nov. 2022
• Sort that out, and when a bigger job comes up, then gather again and delegate.
  — The Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• Now, though, there were things to delegate and a business to manage.
  — Emily Lordi, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• There is no one best way for a leader to delegate these specific tasks.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• An effective leader knows to delegate tasks to those who can solve it best.
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Was too much delegated to the deputy mayor?
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
• Huguette was wealthy enough to delegate tasks that might otherwise have required her to leave the house.
  — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 21 May 2014
• Johnson felt the team would be best served if Knaus delegated.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
• Tap into its effects right away by delegating someone else to steal it for you.
  — Sarah Lazarus, The New Yorker, 8 June 2019
• Find at least one item to delegate or delete from the list to create capacity.
  — Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Howard is delegated the function of sending her home.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
• Refusing to delegate because your ego won't let you.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• This is great for a fast-growing startup bringing in new clients and team members, with a need to delegate tasks.
  — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
• To start, people must learn to delegate tasks to the new technology.
  — Erica Gunn, Forbes, 27 May 2022
• Ethics cannot be delegated to an algorithm.
  — Tatevik Simonyan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Learning how best to delegate and when to ask for help are also critical to the founder's journey.
  — Miruna Girtu, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• As a leader, your job is to distinguish when to delegate to an agent and when a project demands a human touch.
  — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Keep training your team, trust them and move on to the next opportunity to delegate and grow.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025