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appointee
[ uh-poin-tee, ap-oin-tee ]
appointee
/ əpɔɪnˈtiː; ˌæp- /
noun
- a person who is appointed
- property law a person to whom property is granted under a power of appointment
Word History and Origins
Origin of appointee1
Example Sentences
A requirement that experts in housing development, preservation and finance fill six seats on the ULA committee has made it difficult to find appointees who do not do business with or lobby the city.
Alas, Trump and his appointees are undoing dozens of regulations limiting fossil fuels.
"The Trump-Vance FTC is fighting back on behalf of the American people," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, a Trump appointee, said in a statement.
In a post on X, the SSA - which is now controlled by a Trump appointee - said Biden had been "lying" during his Chicago speech.
But in February the center was appropriated by another president who now also rules as chairman of a board of trustees, all of whom are his appointees.
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