as in delegation
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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Noun
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Notably, the United States has not ratified the treaty, and the country didn’t send a formal delegation to the conference, per the AP.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 June 2025 -
In the late nineties, a delegation of Sahtu Dene travelled to Hiroshima to acknowledge their role in that destruction, despite their own ordeals with cancer and poverty.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Noun
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This is expected to have over 250 contingents and last around four hours.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Newsom has made his signature on the budget contingent on passage of a separate bill to overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act, a law critics say hinders housing development.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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“Delegacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegacy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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