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

Personal chemistry can swing a consignment even when another proposal is better on paper, because the specialists making the pitch will soon be making essentially the same pitch to prospective buyers.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 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

Sometimes the issue of empowerment shows up as delegation—another word that is easy to agree to and hard to align with as a leadership team.

— Julie Williamson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
That mission of female empowerment and financial confidence is behind one of KCL’s newest initiatives.

— Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 July 2026

Definition of empowerment

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The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has also struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of accreditation

Noun

In the summer of 1927 three young men of means ran into a neighbor from back home in Winnetka, Illinois, on the streets of Paris, who was stranded with a penniless delegation of labor leaders and educators intended for Moscow.

— Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
According to The Times, the day’s schedule also includes a meeting with athletes from the Welsh delegation, time with event volunteers, and a visit to the velodrome to watch the track cycling events.

— Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of delegation

Noun

Markham Park District executive director Quintina Brown hired a helicopter for her daughter's prom send-off, which then landed in Roesner Park without authorization on May 8.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Oklo says the Reactor Pilot Program allowed those activities to move forward alongside the DOE’s safety review and authorization.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of authorization

Noun

The novel earned commendations from authors such as Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
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

Definition of commendation

Noun

The call for a tougher law-and-order approach has prompted multiple Republican states to pass laws that penalize homeless encampments or expand the facilitation of involuntary institutionalizations.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 29 July 2026
The job of facilitation was and is critical to keeping the mission and goals of the Initiative centered, first by Literacy in Community (LINC) and then transitioned to ExpandEd.

— Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of facilitation

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