deputations

Definition of deputationsnext
plural of deputation

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • The ceremonies, too, were split geographically, with Olympic cauldrons in both cities, with the athletes’ parade further shared with Livigno and Predazzo, national delegations divided according to where their events would be held.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Zelensky said that Washington had proposed that Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet in the United States, probably in Miami, in a week’s time.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of her career, Karen Powers worked in the offices of three State Farm agents as a kind of office manager with, eventually, duties of selling insurance herself.
    J.C. Hallman, Oklahoman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Hospitals and medical centers can be far flung, making even routine visits to doctors' offices a challenge.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.
    Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Israeli military has amassed two major groups of armored vehicles in Sheikh Radwan, to the north of Gaza City, according to the imagery, with additional detachments of armored vehicles stationed along roads that lead toward Israel.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When people with disabilities live in the community with appropriate supports, the state avoids far more expensive emergency care, institutional placements, and hospital stays.
    Fay Lenz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The result is faster placements, better outcomes, and lives stabilized, not displaced.
    Jeffrey Ginsburg, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • By the mid-sixties and seventies, Unification missionaries were flooding Japan.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Before that, there were Picts, Celts, and early Christian missionaries (it is thought that the great Irish warrior-saint Columba may have visited Eilean Shona).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Many of these are the same companies that do prior authorizations for Medicare Advantage plans.
    Grace Mackleby, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Her decision means that, for the moment, Haitians who benefit from TPS will continue to have protections from deportations and will continue to have valid work authorizations.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Royal blue, oxblood, and gold paint illuminated the creation of Adam and the temptation of Eve—the couple who give the place its name, the Crypt of the Original Sin—along with various apostles and archangels.
    Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Pier Marco Tacca—Getty Images The famous mural depicts the final meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion, and was commissioned in 1495 by the Duke of Milan for the monastery.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This duo appears to block certain chemical messengers in the gut and brain that trigger nausea and vomiting, and improve digestion by speeding up the rate at which food leaves the stomach.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Drunkenness, like madness, protects the messengers of heretical truth from disbelief, disdain, and retaliation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Deputations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputations. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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