delegate
noun
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
have delegated
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present perfectof delegate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Commissioners decide whether to approve or reject temporary or permanent agency rules — details that lawmakers have delegated to government departments.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Given the chance to do it over, he would have delegated more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
New Mexico is one of three states that don’t have delegated authority from the EPA to regulate discharges of pollution into rivers, streams, and lakes.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 25, 2020
Unfortunately we have delegated trust without first thinking clearly about what we will do when things go wrong — who we will hold accountable and how we will do so.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2017
While those bodies are in existence to whom the people have delegated the powers of legislation, they alone possess, and may exercise, those powers.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
