deputation

noun

Definition of deputationnext
1
as in delegation

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as in legation

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Recent Examples of deputation The deputation, which is typically requested to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, is in effect for one year, according to the DOJ, but renewal can be requested if the circumstances call for it. — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2025 An article published in the British Medical Journal describes their close call with the authorities, A Nazi deputation consisting of an elderly doctor and two younger assistants was sent to investigate the results sent by Drs. — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputation
  1. delegation
  2. legation
  3. office
  4. missionary
  5. authorization
  6. apostle
  7. placement
  8. consul
Noun
  • Ceasefire talks are taking place in Saudi Arabia involving Russian, Ukrainian and American delegations.
    — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The work of delegations continues.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of delegation
Noun
  • Perle not only greeted them but invited them to dinner that night with the legation's employees.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Japanese government promptly purchased more than 100 copies of Yardley’s book, sending it to embassies and legations to encourage them to strengthen their codes.
    — Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of legation
Noun
  • My office was congressionally mandated and statutorily required.
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to the poverty guidelines, the office maps out how much Medicaid money goes to each state and reviews all regulations developed by HHS agencies.
    — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of office
Noun
  • Instead of forcing women to accept their message, missionaries encouraged voluntary reform.
    — Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Alfredo Sosa/Staff In 1830, likely seeing it as a means of survival, a Shawnee chief invited a missionary to the reservation to help educate members of his tribe in the ways of white Americans.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of missionary
Noun
  • Finally, the system requires an efficient framework for authorization of all communications and data transfer based on principles of zero trust, in which every action by a user or device is authenticated, authorized and continuously validated.
    — Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of authorization
Noun
  • There was speculation that the scene was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting The Last Supper, depicting Jesus’s last meal with the 12 apostles, which in turn sparked claims that the tableau was an insult to the Christian faith.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
  • So just how does an under 30 bro become an apostle of small business networking? Larsen grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and studied entrepreneurship at Boise State.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of apostle
Noun
  • That’s quite the placement for a tune that was released almost a decade ago.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • However, their placement as the second match of the night felt underwhelming given the storyline.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of placement
Noun
  • Russia's Tass news agency earlier said the dead included at least two children, citing the country's consul in Hurghada.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Rubinstein, the band’s media manager, called contacts in Thailand and learned that the Russian consul in Phuket was likely behind their detention.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of consul

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