Thesaurus results for APPOINTEES

appointees

noun

plural of appointee

as in nominees

one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet

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Recent Examples of appointees Some pointed the finger at the Office of Presidential Personnel, the White House office responsible for recruiting and vetting thousands of political appointees. — Katherine Doyle, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 In recent decades, under both Democratic and Republican Presidents, around seventy per cent of ambassadorships have been filled by career diplomats rather than by political appointees. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 The board includes a representative from the team, the commerce secretary, appointees of the governor and legislative leaders and local representatives from Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 Many of the panel members are new appointees with financial stakes in the peptide industry. — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 In addition to being a board member, the person in the mayor’s seat gets three board appointees. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Morath announced in October 2025 that the Fort Worth School District’s board of trustees would be removed and replaced with state appointees. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 Floated earlier this year, a separate bid to have political appointees—rather than independent expert panels—decide grant recipients garnered significant backlash. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 Under Dhillon, however, the front office, which is made up of political appointees and ideological allies, has removed the usual career staff from the process and taken the lead in hiring. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

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Each journalist picks 10 names from the 30 nominees in descending order, with each position scored on a basis of 15 points for the top choice and one for the 10th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
For the award, a jury typically selects four nominees, who show together at the Centre Pompidou in October.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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