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Recent Examples of depute
And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the seal remains imprinted upon it in red; the money is then authentic.
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John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depute
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Pulte said the loans in question date to mid-2021, before Cook was appointed to the Fed by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate the following year.—
Andrea Shalal,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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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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At Bournemouth, the club’s structure works in a particular way, where Iraola sees his role as coaching the team and preparing the players, but recruitment is delegated to Tiago Pinto, the club’s president of football operations, and technical director Simon Francis.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
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This is the realm of managers and supervisors, not doing the work themselves, delegating, but with relatively short leashes to make sure people get done what they are asked to get done in the way they are asked to do them.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Depute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depute. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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