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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Baggy is back, according to Levi’s India’s latest campaign featuring global brand ambassadors Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025 -
Freelancers may never become fully integrated into your company culture, causing the business to lose out on potential brand ambassadors.—
Jessica Wong,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement The contrast was on display in the session’s opening moments, when Annalena Baerbock, the General Assembly’s president, urged delegates not to give in to despair about the institution’s shortcomings.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Nolan was elected Saturday evening as 167 delegates representing more than 19,500 guild members held the DGA’s biennial national convention.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Out go the white busts, hunting boots and the envoys tasked with managing affairs on behalf of the empire.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg participated virtually, according to the official.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
9 Aug. 2025
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Over and over, representatives declared that AI was not sci-fi but a fact of modern life, and that international regulatory guardrails needed to be developed immediately, especially around autonomous weapons and nuclear.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The projects were unveiled before a high-level panel of commissioning editors and distributors, including Mehdi Bekkar of Al Jazeera, Katie Bench of Dogwoof, Elsa Rodríguez Monje of Movistar Plus+ and representatives from Arte France, Rakuten, RTVE and the Sundance Institute.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Those plans are being pushed hard by far-right ministers in Israel’s coalition, even as some 160 countries back the creation of an independent Palestine.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Mourners held candles and prayed with pastors and ministers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Legates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legates. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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