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appointed

verb

Definition of appointednext
past tense of appoint
1
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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2
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 In 2011, the World Health Organization appointed Peng a Goodwill Ambassador for tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026 Coincidentally, Robinson had previously appointed one of the three judges, Justice Justin Dewey, who was presiding over the case. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Darline Graham was appointed to complete her late brother’s Senate term. — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Turning to consumer markets, Nike officially appointed Alexandre Arnault, executive at LVMH and second son of luxury group chairman Bernard Arnault, to its board of directors this week. — CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026 Hoeld will oversee Puma’s sales organization and subsidiaries until a successor is appointed. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Electric rates for both Eversource and United Illuminating are officially set by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, which is made up of five members all appointed by Lamont. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Since then, the Big Ten has appointed a neutral clock operator, instead of one appointed by the home team. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Bates was appointed by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2014 and reappointed by Garcetti five years later. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointed
  1. set
  2. nominated
  3. designated
  4. assigned
  5. named
  6. constituted
  7. picked
  8. commissioned
Verb
  • Mensah started the game with 24 consecutive completions, setting an ACC and Miami program record for most consecutive completions in a game.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • During Friday night's game against Wake Forest, Mensah set an ACC record with 24 straight completions and has been hovering above the 90% mark in that category for most of the season.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of set
Verb
  • Reading over hundreds of titles nominated by NPR staff and critics, Friedman narrowed the list to the popular reader’s guide.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This year the lowest percentage of women in 25 years have been nominated to the rank of general and admiral.
    — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of nominated
Verb
  • The engine has recently been designated the F143 and is being developed to meet requirements for long-range, stand-off strike capabilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Zahnd met with investigators in his office and was designated a federal prosecutor to work on the case.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of designated
Verb
  • Berman is one of a growing number of traditional news anchors being assigned to new interactive formats that give viewers and subscribers more say over what gets discussed.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • At the May 2025 signing, Abbott said vouchers ensure Texas families will have the choice to put their money toward the right school for them rather than the public school assigned to them.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • The primary place to dine on-property is Bridgeman’s Chophouse, named for server Peter Bridgeman, who worked at the hotel for 47-years beginning in the 1930s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The death comes less than a week after a fourth beluga, named Jelly Bean, died since it was rehomed at Oceanogràfic de València in Spain.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of named
Verb
  • Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Colonial armies fought in every theater and constituted some of the forces deployed during the war.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of constituted
Verb
  • The Producers Lab has picked 10 up-and-coming local producers, drawn from Jakarta, West Sumatra, West Java, Central Java and Kalimantan.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The people who seemed most settled weren’t the ones who’d picked a lane early.
    — Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • The one-of-a-kind vehicle was commissioned through the automaker’s Dubai Private Office and was conceived as a tribute to the client’s wife.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In 2015, he was commissioned by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to design a poster for its induction ceremony, the same year that signs of Max’s dementia started coming out.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of commissioned

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“Appointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointed. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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