How to Use delegation in a Sentence

delegation

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  • He's been chosen to lead the delegation to the conference.
  • This is how the delegations would change in the big states.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Here's how the vote broke down among Arizona's House delegation.
    — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The congressman’s resignation set off a scramble in the state to elect a new Utahn to the delegation.
    — Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In the last weeks of 1969, delegations from tribes across the country journeyed to the island, curious to see what this new nation looked like.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Yet, the belief that there are no conditions proves the naïveté of the Argentine delegation.
    — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • And then that’s when (comments from the delegation) came from every angle.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • Steil's tweet sparked a spat among members of the delegation as the lawmakers took the debt ceiling debate online.
    — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Most of the San Diego County delegation appeared to give serious thought to the measure, even if the odds were against them ever voting on it.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Todd Foot, who lives across from the school and whose son attended school there, came out of his house to film on his phone as the delegation entered the building early Friday.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The issue is on the agenda, and delegation from Lopez' group, Discerning Deacons, was in Rome for sideline events.
    — Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
  • None of the co-sponsors in the House resolution is from Arizona's delegation.
    — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • All 37 delegations visited Malmö a couple of weeks ago to meet with Christer and his team and introduce their artists, who were not present.
    — Fred Bronson, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Healey’s approach has the backing of members of the state’s federal delegation.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The importance of a state to the party’s election success is often reflected in where its delegation gets to stay.
    — John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of a long board meeting, the chairman announced that a delegation from the NBA would soon be arriving and wondered if any of us would be willing to stay late for a meeting with them.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 1 June 2023
  • The local delegation met with about 60 companies at the airshow, which is the largest gathering of aerospace companies in the world.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 28 June 2023
  • The White House says a meeting with an Israeli delegation on Rafah is expected early next week.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The Israeli delegation has not attended the sessions in Cairo because of Hamas’s new demands.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Biden administration pushed Canada to take the helm, and Ottawa deployed a delegation to Haiti last year to assess needs.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The power dynamics and positions of different delegations became clear in the first two rounds of talks in Paris and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
    — Jennifer McDermott and Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Presumably as a way of appeasing the civil rights forces, Barkley asked every willing delegation to send a tally of its votes to the podium.
    — Samuel G. Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2023
  • Nearly four decades ago, five women were in the 10-member Maryland delegation.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • And, obviously, that’s the purpose of our delegation trip here, is to show our strong support, in a bipartisan fashion, for the state of Israel.
    — ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Here's a breakdown of where the other case is at, why the state Supreme Court is being asked to review congressional maps, and the current makeup of Wisconsin's delegation in the House.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the past month, regime officials have invited delegations from Japan and Qatar to meet them here, rather than with other officials in Kabul.
    — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • While the heads of Russia’s oil and gas giants Rosneft and Gazprom will be part of Putin’s traveling delegation, no new deals in energy are expected.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Then, in June 2019, a delegation from the museum traveled to Easter Island to discuss calls for the return of its famous artifacts.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The Hostage and Missing Families Forum organized the traveling delegation of families of hostages, some of whom have traveled the world to speak.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The comments ignited a Twitter fight between members of the delegation.
    — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023

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