legate

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Recent Examples of legate However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries. Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Franciscan Plano Carpini, who traveled the empire as papal legate in 1246, described a draconian tax collector demanding one in three boys from every Russian family, as well as unmarried women. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 The wife of the ailing emperor sends an Imperial legate — her nephew — to investigate. N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 14 July 2017 That Francis forced Festing’s resignation without deigning to pick up Burke’s gauntlet was further vindication of the Pope, who will soon appoint his own legate to run the Order. James Carroll, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017
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Noun
  • So is the nominee to be the ambassador to Greece (who is also Don Jr.'s former fiancée).
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 10 May 2025
  • Later Friday, Ukraine summoned the Hungarian ambassador and ordered two diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Witnesses said the mayor’s arrest followed his attempt to join a facility tour with three of New Jersey’s congressional delegates.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
  • Miss Universe® Latina: El Reality: New live reality series where Latinas compete to become the first Miss Universe® Latina delegate.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Earlier today, Adam Boehler, Trump’s special envoy for hostage response, flew to Israel with Alexander’s mother in advance of her son’s release.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
  • This position was endorsed on Sunday by Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The communications function plays the most significant role, of course, but the group should also include internal communications, media relations, digital teams and investor relations representatives.
    Johanna Herrmann, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • In a letter addressed to Bisignano, a group of GOP representatives said they were concerned regarding SSA staffing cuts and the ending of office leases.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The Chinese government has not confirmed who else will be with Mr. He at the meetings or if Wang Xiaohong, China’s minister of public security, who directs its narcotics control commission, will attend.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country’s armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control.
    Sheikh Saaliq, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025

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“Legate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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