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Noun
Both sides also discussed a ceasefire and a meeting between their heads of state, according to the chief Ukrainian delegate, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 Witnesses said the mayor’s arrest followed his attempt to join a facility tour with three of New Jersey’s congressional delegates. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Verb
These tools are arranged in a hierarchy, with a powerful LLM tool acting as the project manager, delegating tasks to whatever will get the job done. Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Mock suggests delegating these tasks: Look to schedule your cleanings around the seasons. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for delegate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegate
Noun
  • Speaking to reporters, Israel's ambassador to the U.S.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 22 May 2025
  • After winning his first MVP award in 2015, Stephen Curry became the face of the Golden State Warriors franchise and one of the league’s ambassadors.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • German diplomatic representatives wanted to send the boxes back to the German embassy in Tokyo.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • One often overlooked part of that experience is how representatives sound.
    Michael Shooster, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • As the president considers the potential appointment of a new Arctic Ambassador, just as Greenland has appointed theirs, the prospect for diplomacy around extractive industries in the region deserves greater attention.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • During the last hunt, I was appointed the bear coordinator for the Heathrow community.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Why did Haaland hand the ball over to Omar Marmoush?
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Clean energy investment was worth $2.1 trillion in 2024, and while America’s clean energy economy has boomed since 2022, ceding this economic opportunity by killing off a fast-growing industry will hand that investment and jobs growth to competitors like China and the European Union.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s lead envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Steve Witkoff, has had similar moments of confusion.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, said on Sunday that the U.S. would not accept any enrichment activity as part of a future deal with Iran.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • In a related blog post, Microsoft CVP David Weston acknowledges risks of attacks from a confused deputy exposing sensitive functionality, prompt injection, tool poisoning, unwanted remote access, and others.
    Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • Kidman’s words resonated in a room that included Jeremy Strong, Julianne Moore, Kering deputy CEO Francesca Bellettini and Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello in the audience.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this week, DeSantis touted that Florida had more state law enforcement agents deputized under 287(g) than any other state in the nation.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
  • Anybody with a badge Other Florida law enforcement agencies – from the local National Guard and the state’s disaster response team to the highway patrol and game wardens – have been deputized to detail the unauthorized migrants.
    Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • What's left is rosemary, a spice that many, many people already have in their kitchen, or maybe even growing like an angry weed in their backyard.
    Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
  • The aspirational numbers are dazzling but many details are undefined, with much left to be decided down the road in a world fraught with geopolitical and economic impediments.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

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“Delegate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegate. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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