as in delegations
a body of persons chosen as representatives of a larger group
the committee chose a five-person delegacy to attend the national conference
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delegations
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This year, large delegations came from France and Korea, mostly via pavilions hosted by French institutions and Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), in addition to a growing number of participants from Southeast Asia and Japan.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025 -
But, in recent years, several of the conservative Justices, in dissents, have seemed ready to start striking down some delegations as being too unspecific to be consistent with the separation of powers.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Delegacies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegacies. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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