DEPUTATION Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

deputation

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Definition of deputation

as in delegation

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Recent Examples of deputation The Marshals Service’s use of special deputations was already under scrutiny. — 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 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

Other East African countries – Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and Tanzania – sent heads of delegation to represent their heads of state at the ceremony.

— Evelyne Musambi, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Other East African countries — Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and Tanzania — sent heads of delegation to represent their heads of state at the ceremony.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of delegation

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, seeking to maintain Korean sovereignty, had fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in February 1896 following the assassination of Queen Min by Japanese agents the previous year.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of legation

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The Houthi media office reported multiple airstrikes on their territories, including Sanaa.

— AHMED AL-HAJ, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The announcement prompted accusations of a conflict of interest, and criticism of his central role in facilitating substantial government subsidies for the company while in office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of office

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Boza shared that missionaries from the Basel Mission, which was active in Cameroon starting in the 19th century, played a role in building Swiss museum collections.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
This tension unfolds with riveting restraint in a story set in 1960s Nagaland — the eastern Indian state on the Burmese border — following the principled chief of a waning tribe, and the arrival of an American missionary.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of missionary

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Human authorization, autonomous execution Harmattan AI describes IRIFI as autonomous rather than fully independent.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Florida has separately crafted a Canadian prescription drug importation program with authorization from the federal government, but that initiative has stalled.

— Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of authorization

Noun

Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Bethsaida, close to Jesus' ministry in Capernaum, was once the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of apostle

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Outdated or incomplete information may affect a firm's eligibility or placement.

— Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The foundation runs like a business, using performance metrics to evaluate its grants and tying funding decisions to outcomes such as job placement rates, Ben Jaafar said.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of placement

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The governor of Morelos also met with the Spanish consul, Marcos Rodríguez Cantero, to offer more information about the case.

— Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Patrolling in pairs and marked by their black patent leather tricorn hats, the Guardia Civil sometimes forced refugees back into France but more often threw them into spartan jails until the British or the American consul sent for them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

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