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Recent Examples of deputeAnd when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the seal remains imprinted upon it in red; the money is then authentic.—John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019 Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
The 12-member Guardian Council, half of whom are appointed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, approved it the next day.
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Nabih Bulos
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
When Herve Renard was appointed, the FFF publicly announced the aim was to at least make the semi-finals of the World Cup and Olympics but this time there has been no such proclamation.
The responsibility of drafting specific regulations and implementing the reporting standards was delegated to the California Air Resources Board.
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Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
In a 6-3 ruling, the court rejected arguments that Congress had not delegated the FCC sufficient authority to collect money from telecommunications companies or to set up a nonprofit corporation, the Universal Service Administrative Co., to manage the USF program.
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