delegate

Example Sentences

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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

“When you go from assistant coach to head coach, you have to take a few steps back. But you need to make sure you delegate to competent people,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

I always wanted to bring in people I could trust and who were competent in the responsibilities I would delegate to them.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

“You don’t know how to delegate responsibility,” Corporal Whitcomb informed him sullenly.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller