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delegation

[del-i-gey-shuhn] / ˌdɛl ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /




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A PIF delegation is due on Tyneside the week after next, as planned, while an announcement on a major capital investment is understood to be in the pipeline.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

As with most members of California’s congressional delegation, Swalwell was an unfamiliar figure to many Californians living outside his Alameda County district, even though he had a lighthearted, robust presence on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

He is already sending a senior delegation to the conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Its major advocates were South Carolina and Georgia, and the chief burden for making the case in the Constitutional Convention fell almost entirely on the South Carolina delegation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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