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

Artists interviewed for the story, meanwhile, described longstanding issues with consignment and transparency at the gallery’s New York locations.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026
While local antique and vintage stores might already come to mind, don’t forget about your neighborhood consignment shops, thrift stores, yard and estate sales, and flea markets as well.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Definition of consignment

Noun

Every time a new policy mandate lands, a state agency opens a new vendor contract.

— Brian Chidester, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Advertisement Leaders who rise to this moment will be those who treat AI not as a headline, but as a mandate to redesign how their organizations—and their people—work.

— Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of mandate

Noun

The school had seven different presidents over the previous 13 years — instability that almost cost Southwestern its regional accreditation.

— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Last week Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council issued a list of the political parties approved to participate in the vote and announced deadlines for party accreditation and voter registration.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of accreditation

Noun

The flurry of Pakistani and Qatari delegations visiting Iran in an effort to sustain the ceasefire has given way to pessimism among regional diplomats.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
The two sides pulled back the following week, each sending delegations to Qatar, which had played a key role in mediating the agreement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of delegation

Noun

North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick and City Clerk Diane Whitbey are seeking authorization to enter into nonbinding letter of intent between the city and the creamery.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2026
Within this ecosystem, sensitive operations require user authorization, while task and model scheduling help determine how requests are processed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Definition of authorization

Noun

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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