appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
ˌa-
1
: one who is appointed
2
: one to whom an estate is appointed
Examples of appointee in a Sentence
the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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McEntarfer, a Biden appointee who was confirmed by the Senate in 2024, had served in the federal government for two decades.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Williams, an Obama appointee, had granted a preliminary injunction in August in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, which argued that the state and federal governments had not followed federal environmental regulations while establishing the site.
—Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Right now, that appointee is former player Jon Runyan, per the league’s website.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump fired Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, another Biden appointee on the commission, in March without giving an explanation.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Williams, an Obama appointee, had granted a preliminary injunction in August in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, which argued that the state and federal governments had not followed federal environmental regulations while establishing the site.
—Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Right now, that appointee is former player Jon Runyan, per the league’s website.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump fired Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, another Biden appointee on the commission, in March without giving an explanation.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 13 Sep. 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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