legate

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Recent Examples of legate In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries. Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Franciscan Plano Carpini, who traveled the empire as papal legate in 1246, described a draconian tax collector demanding one in three boys from every Russian family, as well as unmarried women. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 The wife of the ailing emperor sends an Imperial legate — her nephew — to investigate. N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 14 July 2017 That Francis forced Festing’s resignation without deigning to pick up Burke’s gauntlet was further vindication of the Pope, who will soon appoint his own legate to run the Order. James Carroll, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017
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Noun
  • The series centers Wyler, who is described as having decades of diplomatic experience around the world, particularly in the Middle East, owing in part to her husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) serving as the American ambassador to Lebanon.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Trump’s first Cabinet pick was Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The party quickly coalesced around her, with 99% of Democratic delegates voting to officially nominate her in a virtual roll call prior to the Democratic National Convention in August.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The industry forum welcomed more than 3,000 delegates and 800-plus media were accredited to the LFF and attended press & industry screenings of 159 films.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • The markets were also used by diplomatic envoys who transported enslaved people as gifts to their hosts.
    Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Nevertheless, Hochstein, the U.S. envoy, recently unveiled an even more ambitious plan.
    Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Let District 3 voters pick council member We the people in District 3 deserve to elect our replacement representative.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • For example, a company may want to introduce a product in new markets but can't finance new sales representatives due to unpaid invoices from distributors.
    Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • In Israel, the country’s right-wing leadership was thrilled by Trump’s victory, with ultranationalist ministers openly celebrating on social media.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz will take over as the country's new defense minister.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Legate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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