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Recent Examples of deputation
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputation
Noun
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The Hamas delegation will be chaired by top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, the official said.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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At the federal level, Arkansas' delegation can support the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Flags at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations will also be flown at half-staff.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Aug. 2025
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But after about a month, his typing skills landed him a job as a typist at the American legation in Stockholm, DiGeorge said.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The prosecutor's office said a 16-year-old boy from Sayreville was arrested and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency which if committed by an adult would constitute murder, weapons charges and armed riot.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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As a missionary, Helen likely taught the Bible to members of the Indigenous community, work that involved both the deliberate erasure of their traditions and a deep commitment to her church.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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After World War I, the US Navy operated the Yangtze Patrol, a flotilla of gunboats that protected American interests – including missionaries and oil companies – inside China during a lengthy period of warlordism and instability.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There is a legal authorization for the use of force, which is what makes this so different than the use of the military force against Venezuela or Greenland or Cuba or wherever the president wants to take us to war next.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Notably, the company has a $1 billion buyback authorization with no end date.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Grand Blanc attack was mentioned briefly on Saturday, Oct 4, at the start of the two-day conference by Elder Gary Stevenson, one of 12 apostles who help lead the church's 17.5 million members worldwide, almost 47,000 of them in Michigan.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Nelson served as an apostle beginning in 1984 and became the church's leader in 2018.—
Mitch Picasso,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The request for additional money was made after underground utility and other site placement needs were identified while designing a new floor plan.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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In a season when the team knew kickoffs would become more valuable because of touchback rule changes, the Chiefs were behind the curve on kickoff placement and freeing up their returners in the open field.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
30 Nov. 2025
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According to Reforma, Rocha, a Mexican businessman who also serves as a consul of Guatemala in Mexico, is considered by FRG to be an alleged leader of a criminal organization that smuggles fuel in boats through the Usumacinta River and then in trucks to Querétaro, Mexico.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Deputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputation. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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