Thesaurus results for DEPUTIES

deputies

noun

plural of deputy

as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf

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a person who helps a more skilled person a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks

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Recent Examples of deputies While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 Video released by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office shows the car slamming into the house before deputies rush toward the wreck and chase a fleeing suspect. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 The deputies involved in the incident were not wearing body cameras. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Detectives found Futch inside a vehicle in Berkeley and coordinated with Berkeley police to arrest him, deputies said in a statement Friday. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 But while critics on the Israeli right railed against the deal, Netanyahu’s deputies worked behind the scenes to preserve it, according to correspondence obtained by TIME. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026 Crisis negotiators spent several hours trying to get Mullennix to surrender, deputies said. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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Buying Riley out of his deal would mean forking over upwards of $70 million, plus more for his assistants.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Office assistants and teachers were dealing with angry parents, while the volleyball coaching staff tried to prepare for league playoffs while fielding complex questions about federal equality laws from teenagers.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The French gêne par procuration delegates discomfort, while the German Fremdschämen means foreign shame.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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In December 2024, FBI agents and local police arrested the men during pre-dawn raids on their homes in Miami Beach and their parents’ home in Bal Harbour.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
With the sun low in the sky, protesters took to the streets of Woodland on Tuesday to demand action against federal immigration agents.

— Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agents

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Built with the help of his apprentices, the complex was designed to blend into the surrounding Sonoran Desert, using local stone in a construction style known as desert masonry.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
For carpenters, delays and poor weather conditions can disrupt the working hours apprentices need to complete their program, causing some to quit.

— Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of apprentices

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His order bars Essayli from participating in or supervising their cases, including overseeing the attorneys handling them.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors had asked Caproni to sentence each brother to life in prison, while their attorneys sought the 15-year minimum.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorneys

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The incident raised concerns about pedestrian accessibility, particularly for people who use wheelchairs or mobility aids.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Other claims are that the dairy product aids fullness, weight loss and hormone production or regulation.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

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