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

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Filtering mandate went too far The famously conservative 5th Circuit appeals court has upheld several Texas laws imposing obligations on websites and online platforms.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
The recycling effort comes as California mandates retailers offer a responsible way for worn textiles to be repurposed, instead of tossed into the trash.

— Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 27 July 2026

Definition of mandate

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Forbes contributor Ian Shepherd reported that industry executives now describe formal creator accreditation as the natural next step for major sporting events, treating creator access as infrastructure rather than a supplemental marketing layer.

— Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The board sets education policy, maintains academic standards, and oversees educational licenses and the accreditation system.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of accreditation

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Former Italy goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon also left his role as the FIGC’s head of delegation.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The latest incident came July 13, when Yemeni government forces attacked Sanaa airport in Yemen to prevent an Iranian aircraft carrying a delegation of Houthis from landing.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of delegation

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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

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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