How to Use deputize in a Sentence

deputize

verb
  • I deputize for the newspaper's editor on the weekends.
  • Now he’s deputized to find the Giants’ next coach?
    — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the people in the white mob were deputized by the sheriff in Tulsa.
    — Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The company is also deputized by payday lenders, who pay them a fee to serve warrants on debtors.
    — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Anyone who stopped into the police station to complain about the mob was deputized.
    — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
  • Sylvie does, in fact, discover the hats and deputizes Emily to fire the nepo baby.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This adds a lot of work and Raven would normally deputize her two kids, ages 14 and 12.
    — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Guests came pouring in, seemingly from out of nowhere, and filled the place (we were deputized to serve them food, but joined afterwards).
    — James McGirk, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2013
  • But that makes Buzz feel unappreciated and the two friends soon clash over who has been deputized to save the day.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The body will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    — Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The body will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    — CBS News, 20 Feb. 2018
  • So the child psychiatrist is footing the bill for the fabric himself and has deputized his wife to sew up the curtains.
    — Jennifer Rogers, The Cut, 22 May 2017
  • So far, no one has been deputized by the federal government to hit the ground with the new enforcement powers.
    — Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Under this contract, state and county staff are deputized to act as immigration agents.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The chamber will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    — Brendan Farrington, Time, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The chamber will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    — Brendan Farrington, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The action deputized the seven impeachment managers who will present the House’s case.
    — New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Like why does a Latino man deputize himself to stalk a Black boy to protect an all-white community?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Trump has tried to deputize the FCC into policing online speech before.
    — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Did the Pirates manager who didn’t like Javier Baez’s bat flip deputize Perez?
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • We are all deputized, at this very moment, to act as junior Demon Slayers in the battle that is about to commence.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • One part of his strategy has involved deputizing some local and state police forces through a decades-old federal program.
    — Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The idea is that control of armed force should be deputized to and limited to certain populations—especially elite white men.
    — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Lincoln himself deputized Hughes to visit Paris and Rome to plead the Union’s cause.
    — Terry Golway, WSJ, 8 July 2018
  • That the Legislature deputized union organizers to do the same thing changes nothing.
    — Adam B. Summers, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2017
  • Across mid- and southeast Michigan, he was deputized by counties and worked as a court officer in many jurisdictions.
    — Freep.com, 17 July 2019
  • The Justice Department approved the request to deputize nine agents, the person said.
    — Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Supporters of the bill want to prohibit state or local police from being deputized to help find those in the country illegally.
    — Don Thompson, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • At Liverpool, midfielder James Milner was deputized as a left back for much of last season.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017

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