How to Use appointive in a Sentence

appointive

adjective

• If approved by a majority of voters, the offices will become appointive starting after the 2028 election.
  — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
• The second asks if the mayor should be able to make interim appointments of appointive and administrative officers for three months with the option to extend the appointment an additional three months with council approval.
  — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
• The second asked whether the mayor should be able to make interim appointments of appointive and administrative officers for three months with the option to extend the appointment an additional three months with council approval.
  — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• Currently, the charter does not authorize the mayor to make interim appointments of appointive and administrative officers to vacant positions.
  — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• Jackson fancies himself an American Sadat, performing the most sensitive, high-profile diplomatic missions for the president but without the accountability of appointive office.
  — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026