How to Use appoint in a Sentence
appoint
verb- Every year, the group appoints three new members.
- After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
- She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
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This is the first time since the 1950s the post will be elected, not appointed.
—Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
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For the first time, the Queen is set to appoint the new prime minister in Scotland.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2022
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The city charter gives the mayor the power to appoint the vice mayor.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2021
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O’Farrell signed on to the proposal to appoint Hutt last week.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
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Tribble said the board hopes to appoint a permanent CEO in the next six to nine months.
—The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2023
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The board's decision to appoint him to the role was unanimous, Dorsey said in the memo.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 30 Nov. 2021
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The meeting comes on the 30th year of the disappearance of the Dalai Lama appointed Panchen Lama.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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As governor, Inslee has the power to appoint and fire the chief of the state patrol.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2021
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He was not required to enter a plea and asked the court to appoint him an attorney.
—Paul J. Weber, Chron, 21 Jan. 2022
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DeSantis leads and appoints the heads of all state agencies.
—Stephany Matat, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2025
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The first step in that legal process would be to appoint a three-judge panel to consider whether to grant the request.
—Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
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Macron will have to appoint a new Prime Minister—once again, of his own choosing.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The president gets to appoint people to the Fed, but then gets to quietly grumble about them like the rest of us.
—David Goldman, CNN, 31 May 2022
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The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
—Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
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The board must appoint someone within 60 days or the duty falls to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
—Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2021
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The courts would be likely to appoint a special master to redraw the district lines.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
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So, for example, a trust might give a person the power to appoint who gets the trust assets.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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As part of the agreement, AT&T had the right to appoint seven board members and Discovery could pick six.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
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Even if the ministry has objections, the judges can send the candidate’s name back, and the ministry must appoint them.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
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Removal would give Democrats trio on bench If the justices are removed, Hobbs would appoint three people to the court in her first term.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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He has been appointed two attorneys by the court and pleaded not guilty.
—Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2023
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The board settled into factions, and couldn’t break its 3-3 tie to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy.
—Henry Krausse, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
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Each was entitled to appoint two members to the for-profit board.
—Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2022
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Of the seven justices on the state's Supreme Court, five were appointed by DeSantis.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
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Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
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Bonta, first appointed to his role by Gov. Gavin Newsom four years ago, is an important player in any ballot amendment’s passage.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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The company has already begun looking for his replacement, and Zimmerman will remain until that person is appointed by the board.
—Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
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