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 living room’s vintage Fortuny drapes are the exception that proves the rule, spotted by Higgins in a Newport consignment shop mid-vacation and hung exactly as found.

— Caroline Randall Williams, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
The online consignment and thrift store and resale-as-a-service (Raas) provider’s annual report offers insights into how consumers and brands perceive the secondhand market.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of consignment

Noun

State subsidies and mandates from Beijing have also encouraged excess production and cutthroat price wars, forcing them to turn to export markets and resulting in nearly a third of Chinese industrial firms operating at a loss.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
The guidelines often provide recommendations to districts rather than mandates.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of mandate

Noun

So much of the talk over the last year has been about ’empowerment’, about getting the right people into the big jobs and backing them.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Makeup artist Melanie Inglessis, favored by the likes of Rosamund Pike, Kirsten Dunst, and Jenna Ortega, attributes the ever-growing popularity of minimal makeup to general empowerment—women opting to own their individuality rather than cover it up.

— Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of empowerment

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Things are changing in the wonky, weighty world of college accreditation, and in some ways, Georgia is at the center of the national overhaul.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Sourcing trips requires licensing and accreditation linked to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

— Dana Dunne, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of accreditation

Noun

Putin will meet the US delegation later Saturday, according to Russian state media.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
One week later, it was confirmed that the Biennale had reinstated the pavilion as the Taiwan Pavilion, the designation the Chinese delegation is now protesting.

— News Desk, Artforum, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of delegation

Noun

The Army Corps hopes to receive congressional authorization in 2028, with the construction window estimated to begin in 2032.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Zero-trust measures can support continuous authentication and authorization for every agent action, while capabilities like policy as code can enforce deterministic execution and create machine-readable guardrails.

— Ismail Amla, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of authorization

Noun

The result was lines out the door, a local political commendation, and a business that converted attention into revenue in a way most post-villa deals never manage.

— Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Some soldiers distinguished themselves by helping to render emergency trauma response and first aid to civilians, earning individual service commendations, according to the Arkansas National Guard.

— Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of commendation

Noun

The sentencing by Judge Jessica Green followed Trabue's Alford plea in July to reduced charges of second-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal facilitation of robbery.

— Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026
Her services include keynote speeches, panel moderation and workshop facilitation.

— Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of facilitation

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