appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
ˌa-
1
: one who is appointed
2
: one to whom an estate is appointed
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the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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The other appointees are: Dr. James Hibbeln, who formerly headed a National Institutes of Health group focused on nutritional neurosciences and who studies how nutrition affects the brain, including the potential benefits of seafood consumption during pregnancy.
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Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Another appointee is Vicky Pebsworth, who serves on the board of the National Vaccine Information Center, an anti-vaccine nonprofit previously known as Dissatisfied Parents Together.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s third appointee to the court, recused from the St. Isidore case, which many court watchers believe stemmed from her friendship with a professor at Notre Dame, whose religious liberty clinic represented St. Isidore.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 7 June 2025
Before being asked to step in as interim president last year, Fuchs was UF’s president from 2015 to 2023, predating DeSantis and his slew of higher-education appointees.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Another appointee is Vicky Pebsworth, who serves on the board of the National Vaccine Information Center, an anti-vaccine nonprofit previously known as Dissatisfied Parents Together.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s third appointee to the court, recused from the St. Isidore case, which many court watchers believe stemmed from her friendship with a professor at Notre Dame, whose religious liberty clinic represented St. Isidore.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 7 June 2025
Before being asked to step in as interim president last year, Fuchs was UF’s president from 2015 to 2023, predating DeSantis and his slew of higher-education appointees.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē, ˌa-
1
: a person who is appointed to a position
2
: a person to whom property is appointed under a power of appointment
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