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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 makeup of the Russian delegation suggests that future economic cooperation will be on the table.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The former president participated in a call with Texas House Democrats on Thursday, Aug. 14, and expressed his support for the delegation as most of its members remain out of state in an attempt to stymie their GOP colleagues' effort to pass a new congressional map.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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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,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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That includes 230 in Glendale, where the company operates its office and a distribution center.—
Sofia Joseph,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) office did not respond to a request for comment.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
8 Aug. 2025
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Hersey, the secular son of high-Wasp missionaries to China, transferred an almost stern sense of morality to his work.—
Jane Mayer,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Martindale grew up on farms in upstate New York and Indiana, the child of missionaries who later moved to rural China, according to a Wall Street Journal report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 July 2025
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What used to require a single prior authorization could now face multiple layers, which means more delays and higher denial rates.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Restrictions should include prohibiting sharing information about residents, removing federal agents from local police facilities, and rescinding or narrowing authorizations to enforce local law.—
Spencer Reynolds,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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Hamilton's Phillipa Soo is portraying Mary Magdalene, with Milo Manheim playing apostle Peter.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Judas, one of the apostles, betrays Jesus and that same night, Jesus is arrested and flogged.—
Tribune News Reports,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2025
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Greetings from Your Hometown kicks off its time on that list at No. 3, becoming the band’s eighth placement inside the highest region.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yes, the receiver is open — this would still be a first down if the placement was slightly off — but the accuracy gives him a chance to turn and tack on 15 more yards after the catch.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Titus, Roman emperor from AD 79 to 81, sent two consuls to the Campanian region where Pompeii is located after the eruption to provide aid, assess the city and reallocate the property of those who had died in the eruption with no surviving heirs, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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More recently came claims that the red and white shirts were actually from Sunderland — due to the influence of William Dyer, whose businessman father was Bilbao’s British consul, and who won a 1904 Copa del Rey medal with Athletic.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Deputation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputation. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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