delegate

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"If there is safe passage, what are the terms and the conditions for such safe passage?" the South Pacific islands' delegate asked.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Claws are autonomous agents and can plan and execute tasks on their own, and, critically, spin up their own subagents to tackle specialized tasks, access files and themselves delegate tasks to other subagents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

With multiple candidates seeking the endorsement, it may be hard for any single one to reach the 60% threshold of delegate votes needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

You hire them to delegate your investment decisions — not to beat market averages.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Before taking the signatures, the personal delegate of the president of the republic tried to read the act of surrender aloud, but Colonel Aureliano Buendía was against it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez