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delegacies

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plural of delegacy

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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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After receiving a doctorate at the University of Kent in England, Araghchi joined the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and over the past 20 years has been a member of Iranian delegations on nuclear issues.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Reagan and Gorbachev, in the course of their discussion, agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons, a move that surprised both delegations.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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