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as in set
to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority
at the appointed hour we were in our places
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as in nominated
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
was appointed to the council on national security
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Recent Examples of appointed
Kaufman was appointed to the Senate in 2008 when former President Joe Biden resigned to become vice president.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Huffines defeated Kelly Hancock, a longtime Abbott ally who the governor appointed to the seat in July.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
The last-place Angels appointed former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to be their interim general manager and baseball operations consultant on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Saks Global officially filed for bankruptcy in January, kicking off a saga of restructuring under van Raemdonck, who was appointed to the CEO role when Saks filed.
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Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
27 June 2026
Bergeron, who was appointed to the role in 2021, retired from her position in December.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
Jay Collins, a former state senator from Tampa appointed by DeSantis as lieutenant governor last summer, comes closest to meeting the financial criteria with just over $10 million, according to the most recent campaign records, but trails in the polls at around 5%.
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Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Schulman – who was appointed CEO in October of 2025 – said that this shift is already underway at Verizon.
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Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
In this November’s race, nine board members appointed by Johnson, a close ally of the Chicago Teachers Union, are running to keep their seats, and all are facing objections, along with two members elected with CTU backing.
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Huffines defeated Kelly Hancock, a longtime Abbott ally who the governor appointed to the seat in July.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
The last-place Angels appointed former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to be their interim general manager and baseball operations consultant on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Saks Global officially filed for bankruptcy in January, kicking off a saga of restructuring under van Raemdonck, who was appointed to the CEO role when Saks filed.
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Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
27 June 2026
Bergeron, who was appointed to the role in 2021, retired from her position in December.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
Jay Collins, a former state senator from Tampa appointed by DeSantis as lieutenant governor last summer, comes closest to meeting the financial criteria with just over $10 million, according to the most recent campaign records, but trails in the polls at around 5%.
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Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
Schulman – who was appointed CEO in October of 2025 – said that this shift is already underway at Verizon.
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Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
In this November’s race, nine board members appointed by Johnson, a close ally of the Chicago Teachers Union, are running to keep their seats, and all are facing objections, along with two members elected with CTU backing.
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointed
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Linda Parisi, Blake Rakela’s defense attorney, has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds.
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Everyone is over the moon with the experience, especially Aesha, who can barely contain her happiness; the night set the bar very high for the rest of the season.
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In the film, which was based on a Pulitzer Prize nominated memoir, Betty escapes the clutches of her barbaric Iranian husband (played by Alfred Molina) and courageously smuggles herself and her daughter out of Iran.
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The president claimed Cook made misrepresentations on mortgage filings related to two properties, one in Michigan and another in Georgia, before she was nominated to the Fed by President Joe Biden in 2021.
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On July 8, the Inyo National Forest will begin rounding up horses from the Montgomery Pass herd roaming beyond the roughly 200,000 acres designated for them along the California-Nevada border, according to a recent news release.
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To make room on the A’s 40-man roster for Kuroda-Grauer, reliever Michael Kelly was designated for assignment.
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Zoe McCurnin, a lead animal control officer, was assigned to the case.
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For the employees assigned to institutions slated for closure, the uncertainty surrounding transfers, relocations, or the loss of local employment only adds to those challenges.
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During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
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The birds — a female named Långet, and two males named Mames and Sindålu — made their home on the island with the six other birds in September 2024, marking the first time since 1988 that Guam kingfishers have lived in the wild.
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Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
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Then the doctors would bustle out to see their more appealing patients—the cheerily pregnant ones, whose deliveries constituted the bulk of their income and whose babies would be added to the collage of photos decorating their office walls.
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The Seattle Mariners were one of the teams that most people picked to win the World Series, or at least make a deep run into the playoffs.
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Mengel, who has directed such drama series as My Different Ways and Supplex, and his creative collaborators will bring The Guest to the Czech spa town as the first Danish film picked for Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe Competition since 2015.
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Keli Gonzalez, a painter the museum commissioned, became frustrated by the lack of female representation.
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Few birthday gifts top the Statue of Liberty, which France commissioned for the centennial of American independence.
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“Appointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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