Example Sentences

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Given the chance to do it over, he would have delegated more.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Since the Second World War, presidents have delegated the authority to protect sensitive information to the heads of civilian agencies like the CIA and NSA.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2018

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

But most other Cabinet-level members historically have delegated such responsibilities to less-senior officials.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2017

Scarce a day passes in which I am not tempted to give back into the hands of Congress the power they have delegated, and to lay down a burden which presses me to the earth.

From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by Schroeder, John Frederick