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legates

noun

plural of legate

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country

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Make Retention Everyone’s Job, Starting With Operations Retention improves the moment the people inside operations start seeing themselves as retention and brand ambassadors.

— Sena Kwawu, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
With its golf ambassadors, Peter Millar still tends to focus on promoting its golfwear — with a few exceptions, such as an event in the Hamptons last year with Cameron Young where the PGA Tour pro showed up dressed in the brand’s lifestyle product.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

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As part of the consolidation, Local 884 members will become Local 44 members and Local 44 will add studio teacher representation to its executive board and its delegates.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
On Thursday, dozens of delegates left the assembly hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke.

— Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of delegates

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Unlike most Western democracies in which citizens abroad can mail in a ballot, Israel doesn’t allow absentee voting; only diplomats and official envoys can vote from outside the country.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Iroquois envoys regularly visited colonists, both to size up their ambitious rivals and to give advice on how to survive on an American continent where Native American culture dominated.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of envoys

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While there were humanitarian appeals and evidence that public authorities were seeking alternative accommodation, per the outlet, Duro said Urbagestion’s representatives refused to suspend the eviction.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
The precise details of what happened there are obscure, and representatives for Beck did not respond to my requests for comment.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of representatives

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He could be seen sitting between China’s two vice ministers of foreign affairs, according to official footage, although state media did not identify him despite his prominent visibility.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Wafula said the role of pastoral ministers is especially important in the modern world, where political frictions often threaten peace in the community.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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