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
This rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200 grants political appointees unprecedented control over federal grantmaking, sidelining peer review.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
There seemed to be a push-pull between career ICE staff and political appointees, the DHS official told the news organizations.
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Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit.
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ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
That means the next governor will gain direct control or control through appointees over developing and spending the education budget — including state and federal grants — and developing education policies.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The court, in a 6-3 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts (with the three Democratic appointees dissenting) ruled that the firing was legal, overturning the 91-year-old precedent in the process.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
Trump has previously expressed chided his own appointees for some of their rulings.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Just appointees in Washington deciding who's in and who's out.
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Here the six Republican appointees said that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act does not allow people to bring claims for money damages against the individual correctional officers who are subject to the act’s obligations.
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Leah Litman,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
There seemed to be a push-pull between career ICE staff and political appointees, the DHS official told the news organizations.
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Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit.
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ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
That means the next governor will gain direct control or control through appointees over developing and spending the education budget — including state and federal grants — and developing education policies.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The court, in a 6-3 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts (with the three Democratic appointees dissenting) ruled that the firing was legal, overturning the 91-year-old precedent in the process.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
Trump has previously expressed chided his own appointees for some of their rulings.
—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Just appointees in Washington deciding who's in and who's out.
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Here the six Republican appointees said that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act does not allow people to bring claims for money damages against the individual correctional officers who are subject to the act’s obligations.
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Leah Litman,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointees
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The nominees will also be up against former Congressman Greg Lopez, who left the Republican Party in January to run for governor as an unaffiliated candidate.
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Backrooms stars Oscar nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve as well as Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell.
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There were 4,183 ballots cast in the Kings/Ducks voting, and four candidates received at least 75% of the vote.
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His youngest daughter is now among the six candidates in the special election that will decide who finishes his term.
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“Appointees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointees. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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