delegate
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How do you delegate the tasks you formerly did, lead former peers and juggle increased responsibilities?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I’ve learned to delegate and let other people take over.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Red Cross confirmed that a delegate visited Suu Kyi on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"The latest figure that we have is 72," the government's delegate to Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez Triano, told reporters, when asked about the number of fatalities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Ah been a delegate to de big ’ssociation of life.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
The attachment lists three Taiwanese delegates who planned to attend the pope’s funeral and their flight details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
For some delegates, however, neither leading contender could fully replace Trump.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was Ghana that tabled the UN resolution, and in June, a summit on reparations was held in its capital, Accra, with delegates from around 80 countries, who concluded that recompense was long overdue.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
His remarks drew an ovation from 1,500 guests at Havana’s Palace of Conventions, including delegates from Communist parties stretching from Chile to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fie returned for an ANC consultative conference in Johannesburg, which was attended by over fifteen hundred delegates from forty-five different regions, home and abroad.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The position is usually delegated to a junior minister, the paper explains.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Humphrey’s made “independent agencies more tempting repositories for delegated powers that the President could not access with quite such ease,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Lunetta pointed out that hospitals "have repetitive tasks" which "could be delegated to a good robot".
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Rather than saddle an existing agency with additional duties, Congress delegated rulemaking and enforcement power to a private corporation known as the Horseracing Authority.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026
I delegated what I could to Melissa and other members of my transition team.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Wasn’t it true, a juror asked, that he had taken to delegating tasks to subordinates in recent years?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
These set out guidance on what states can do to enhance credibility and improve transparency, including by delegating investigations to a third party if necessary.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
He has also espoused a more collegiate style of governance, delegating some particularly sensitive topics to his senior clergy.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
People can tell the difference between making a decision and delegating it to a system.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
He was delegating the red rubber bands to Laney when his mom called to him from the kitchen.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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