deputation

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Recent Examples of deputation The documents indicate that the deputation, which was officially granted the second week of February 2025, was scheduled to last two years. David Ingram, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026 Special deputations to private citizens are rare, highly regulated, and limited to narrow circumstances. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 The deputation, which is typically requested to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, is in effect for one year, according to the DOJ, but renewal can be requested if the circumstances call for it. Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025 An article published in the British Medical Journal describes their close call with the authorities, A Nazi deputation consisting of an elderly doctor and two younger assistants was sent to investigate the results sent by Drs. Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
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Noun
  • The incident triggered a fire alarm, obliging the entire French delegation — some of whom were still in their pyjamas — to evacuate the building.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • The first Eurovision boycott was in 1969 — ironically, by Austria, which refused to send a delegation to Spain under dictator Francisco Franco.
    Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Her husband, King Gojong, subsequently sought refuge in the Russian legation and later proclaimed the Great Korean (Dae Han) Empire in 1897 in a symbolic assertion of sovereignty that failed to halt Japan’s advance.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • King Gojong fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896, governing from foreign soil, a national humiliation that underscored Korea's loss of sovereignty.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, the addition of a cuff adds a more polished aesthetic that prevents you from looking frumpy at the office or dinner.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • The law allows a President to exclude personal records, sets out timetables for releasing documents once the President has left office, and provides a mechanism for asserting executive privilege to keep certain material secret.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Both Hicks and Leo grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and served as missionaries in Latin America and are fluent in Spanish.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Russia later expanded into Alaska through the fur trade, bringing Orthodox missionaries, new trade networks, and profound cultural change to Indigenous communities across the region.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The courts appear unwilling to let the president use broad emergency statutes to impose sweeping tariffs without clearer congressional authorization.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • He was supposed to start a lab job in January but needs employment authorization and his application is on hold.
    Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The New Testament does contain positive depictions of Pharisees — Levine points to Nicodemus, who defended Jesus and helped bury him, and Gamaliel, who advocated for the apostles Peter and John.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • Or perhaps the President would have been satisfied enough with Peter, one of Jesus’ original twelve apostles, whom many consider to be the first Pope.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Youth experience greater emotional stability, families become more resilient, and communities reduce reliance on costly emergency interventions and out-of-home placements.
    Maria Bledsoe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
  • The latter includes ads, commercials and logo placement on clothes and golf bags.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Weston Hurt might have given the American consul Sharpless a bit more vocal oomph, but his well-upholstered baritone and awkward dignity were just right.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.
    Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Deputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputation. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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