How to Use delegate in a Sentence
- He's been chosen as a delegate to the convention.
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And three-fourths of the delegates must support the endorsement.
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Lisa Demer,
Alaska Dispatch News,
22 Oct. 2017
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That went too far for some delegates and the debate was reopened.
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Peter Baker,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2019
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Sanders’s strong base and delegate haul still gives him a shot to win the nomination.
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Molly Ball,
Time,
4 Mar. 2020
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Stolle was known during his years as a delegate for his expertise in health care.
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Washington Post,
4 June 2021
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Biden, who is on a roll in the primaries and has taken the lead in the delegate count, is getting plenty of advice.
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Joe Garofoli,
SFChronicle.com,
16 Mar. 2020
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Some delegates complained about long bus rides and the quality of some hotels.
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charlotteobserver,
3 Apr. 2018
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But the distribution of voters at each precinct site can impact who gets the most delegates.
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Timothy B. Lee,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2020
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Biden has won slightly more delegates than Sanders so far in the race for the nomination.
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Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2020
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So what if one candidate wins the first alignment and another wins the most delegates?
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Matt Stevens,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2020
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Ten minutes later, the process had ended and delegates were asked to return to their seats while the votes were counted.
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Christopher Bodeen,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Mar. 2018
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As a result of the scheduling dispute, at least some of the state's delegates are likely to be stripped away.
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Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
26 Oct. 2023
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The vacancy is to be filled in a regional delegate meeting.
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Eric D. Lawrence,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Aug. 2020
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Anyone can sit in an office and delegate tasks to their employees.
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Yec,
Forbes,
6 June 2022
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The congress has five elected delegates in each county.
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Paul A. Smith,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2018
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But Trump has been working quietly to twist the delegate rules in his favor.
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Adam Nagourney,
New York Times,
29 Oct. 2023
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Across both schemes, the delegates are from across the U.K.’s nations and regions.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2023
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Each school board is allowed one delegate at the session, which this year will be held in Chicago.
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Mike Danahey,
chicagotribune.com,
5 Nov. 2021
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Curry also served on the local’s civil rights committee and as a delegate for the area.
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al,
28 June 2021
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Those individual school boards tell the delegates how to vote.
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Steve Sadin,
chicagotribune.com,
22 Nov. 2019
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Young, a former state delegate, said there was a quorum but the call was above board because the council does not oversee the jail.
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Cassidy Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2023
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Still, the delegate count will remain close as votes from California roll in over the next few days.
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Rick Klein,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2020
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The deal already received first-round approval by union delegates.
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Lisa Donovan,
chicagotribune.com,
5 Nov. 2019
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Each delegate was also tasked with sharing insights about food in terms of their lives and families.
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Adam Chandler,
Time,
9 Sep. 2019
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Timing for when a new delegate could be seated is also unclear.
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Washington Post,
17 Dec. 2021
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That delegate called the pharmacy, which initially hung up on them.
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Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2021
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Bacow posits that learning to ask for help and delegate tasks are essential life skills—and this is the perfect time to hone them.
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Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2023
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Each household can only send one delegate out to purchase groceries each day.
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Jane Li,
Quartz,
11 May 2020
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And to make attendees feel safer, there will be more outdoor meetings and an outdoor delegate lounge.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
6 June 2022
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After Buttigieg dropped out of the race, she was elected as a delegate for Joe Biden.
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BostonGlobe.com,
31 Mar. 2021
- He doesn't delegate very well.
- Those chores can be delegated to someone else.
- A manager should delegate authority to the best employees.
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There is only one of you and a lot of the parts of my job are not able to delegate that.
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Meredith Carey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Nov. 2020
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Match the right person to each job and delegate your many tasks.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
7 June 2021
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Trust the platform provider and delegate the upkeep to them.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
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A lot of times we’ve been delegated as plus-size folks off to the side.
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Samuel Maude,
ELLE,
11 July 2023
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Many parents delegate part of the teaching task to schools, in an act of trust.
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CNN,
3 Nov. 2022
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Beat the burnout: Learn to delegate and to accept help throughout the day.
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Brittany Risher,
Good Housekeeping,
26 Aug. 2019
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Use your quick mind to streamline your job or delegate some of your duties.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
26 Feb. 2021
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Huguette was wealthy enough to delegate tasks that might otherwise have required her to leave the house.
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Meryl Gordon,
Town & Country,
21 May 2014
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That is not delegated to any other member of the court.
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Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Aug. 2023
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Now, though, there were things to delegate and a business to manage.
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Emily Lordi,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2023
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Then, delegate that area down to a team member or even an entire team.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
7 Dec. 2021
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There is no one best way for a leader to delegate these specific tasks.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2021
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Sort that out, and when a bigger job comes up, then gather again and delegate.
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The Washington Post,
23 Oct. 2020
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Most of the innovation and big decisions will have been delegated down to the level of the team.
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The Economist,
5 July 2018
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To start, people must learn to delegate tasks to the new technology.
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Erica Gunn,
Forbes,
27 May 2022
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The one job the CEO cannot delegate is vision and values.
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George Bradt,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2021
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Thus leaders have to be savvy and know how to delegate time so that neither the nonprofit nor the for-profit are harmed in the process.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
14 Sep. 2021
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Learning how best to delegate and when to ask for help are also critical to the founder's journey.
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Miruna Girtu,
Forbes,
19 July 2022
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Tap into its effects right away by delegating someone else to steal it for you.
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Sarah Lazarus,
The New Yorker,
8 June 2019
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This is great for a fast-growing startup bringing in new clients and team members, with a need to delegate tasks.
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Dallas News,
1 Nov. 2022
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Next, have an honest picture of your own strengths and the strengths of your teams, and delegate accordingly.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
20 May 2021
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Understanding how to say no and learning how to delegate can streamline a project and reduce stress.
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Scott Agnoli,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2021
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There wasn’t a difference, so the company decided to delegate such alerts to the bots.
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Rebecca Robbins,
STAT,
13 Nov. 2019
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After the loss to Dow, Herrington began to delegate for the first time.
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Mick McCabe,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Oct. 2017
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Building the three-tier floating shelf was so quick and easy that Rachel delegated the task to her children.
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Herrine Ro,
Country Living,
6 Oct. 2015
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The best, the all-time biggest triumph in the domestic work wars, though, has to be delegating the bathrooms to the kids.
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Stacey Gill,
Good Housekeeping,
21 Sep. 2015
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His team is tasked with sifting through tips and leads and delegating the credible ones to the appropriate unit.
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Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
18 Aug. 2019
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