Thesaurus results for ENTRUSTMENT

entrustment

noun

Definition of entrustment

as in consignment

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Recent Examples of entrustment Kenneth has been charged with obstructing official business and wrongful entrustment. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 The Constitution’s crown jewel was the entrustment of the power to take the nation to war exclusively to Congress, leaving to the president authority to respond unilaterally to sudden attacks that had already broken the peace. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026

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Noun

The provenance does not state the year in which Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer received the painting in their inventory or the consignment to sell it.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
His YouTube investigation into an 83-year-old man who entered into a consignment agreement for a valuable Lego Star Wars collection that went missing has led to arrests and lawsuits involving Schneider.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026

Definition of consignment

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Storylines centered on class reversal, female empowerment and contemporary romance made up the rest of the top 10 microdrama chart.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 July 2026
From Here to There® Daphne is host of the digital empowerment podcast and platform From Here to There and DETOUR’s Chief Visionary Officer.

— Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of empowerment

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Regulation varies by state and there is currently no mandatory federal accreditation or licensing requirement for either body donation organizations or non-transplant tissue banks, which are not regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
The value of an accreditation depends on the independence of the issuing body, the depth of its standards and the strength of its review process.

— Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of accreditation

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One of the committee members thanked the Governor and her team for bringing Latino members of their delegation who could talk about issues that affected the community.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency said a Qatari delegation visited Iran in what analyst said appears to be an effort by Doha to consolidate its role as a mediator.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Definition of delegation

Noun

Volvo was recently given an authorization by the Commerce Department to continue doing business in the States despite being owned by Chinese conglomerate Geely; its sister brand Polestar was strangely not so lucky.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 16 July 2026
The impending removal of deportation protections and work authorization under Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants has worried many in South Florida.

— Austin Horn July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of authorization

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His contributions to Japanese cinema earned him the 2004 Kawakita Prize and a commendation from Japan’s Foreign Ministry in 2008.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
But precise passes that squeeze the maximum gain out of plays will receive extra commendation.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of commendation

Noun

In the years immediately following the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in August 1947 and the first India-Pakistan war a few months later, the two nations ramped up trade and inked new trade facilitation deals.

— Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
There are those who would write her off, and perhaps her timidity before America’s facilitation of Gaza’s destruction has earned that dismissal.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

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