How to Use delegation in a Sentence
delegation
noun- He's been chosen to lead the delegation to the conference.
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This is how the delegations would change in the big states.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023 -
And our delegation that talked to the FDIC last night made that clear.
— CBS News, 12 Mar. 2023 -
And our delegation that talked to the FDIC last night, made that clear.
— CBS News, 12 Mar. 2023 -
Learn To Let Go One of the hardest lessons for any entrepreneur to learn is the art of delegation.
— Steve Sidd, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 -
The fuller truth is that the Court has struck down delegations only twice in our history.
— Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 June 2024 -
Here's how the vote broke down among Arizona's House delegation.
— Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024 -
The way this would work is that each state—regardless of the size of the state's delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives—gets one vote.
— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 -
The congressman’s resignation set off a scramble in the state to elect a new Utahn to the delegation.
— Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 -
His influence held, and the U.S. sent its delegation to Berlin.
— Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024 -
The Ukrainian delegation was asked to leave the White House after the argument.
— Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 -
An Israeli delegation never made it to Cairo for the latest round of talks.
— Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 May 2024 -
In the last weeks of 1969, delegations from tribes across the country journeyed to the island, curious to see what this new nation looked like.
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 20 Sep. 2023 -
There have been some firsts this Congress, including the first time three Black women are part of the Ohio delegation.
— Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024 -
Since then, there have been many AfD delegations to Russia.
— Erika Solomon, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024 -
The Ukrainian delegation left the White House soon after.
— Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 -
Yet, the belief that there are no conditions proves the naïveté of the Argentine delegation.
— Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023 -
Its House delegation of 52 remains nearly half-again as large as that of second-place Texas, with 38.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025 -
And then that’s when (comments from the delegation) came from every angle.
— Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 1 June 2023 -
Steil's tweet sparked a spat among members of the delegation as the lawmakers took the debt ceiling debate online.
— Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023 -
Israel agreed to send a delegation, but Hamas had yet to respond –- until now.
— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024 -
People can rightly blame me for that and for the consequences of delegation.
— John Danaher, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023 -
The astronaut turned politician is one of the wealthier members of U.S. Congress — and the most well-heeled of his state's delegation.
— Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Most of the San Diego County delegation appeared to give serious thought to the measure, even if the odds were against them ever voting on it.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024 -
And that meant there was a rare opening in the state’s congressional delegation.
— Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022 -
The Congolese presidency said in a post on X that the Rwandan delegation refused to take part in the meeting.
— Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024 -
Todd Foot, who lives across from the school and whose son attended school there, came out of his house to film on his phone as the delegation entered the building early Friday.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023 -
Seated at the heart of the Japanese delegation, Abe leaped to his feet, raised his arms high, and waved a flag festooned with the logo of Tokyo's bid committee.
— Stephen Wade, ajc, 9 July 2022 -
The tribe is sending a delegation to Mexico City to discuss trade with tribes in Arizona.
— AZCentral.com, 26 June 2022 -
The Ukrainian delegation proposed a partial ceasefire covering the air and sea, which would put a halt to the exchange of missile and drones strikes between Kyiv and Moscow.
— John Feng, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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