APPOINTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appointed

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past tense of appoint

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 The interception of the Smyrtos occurred just days after the PM appointed a new Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis, following the resignation of John Healey from Starmer’s fragile government in a dispute over military budgets. —

Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 Eskin favors changing the system for choosing judges to one in which jurists are appointed to a single 15-year term, eliminating the need for elections while also ensuring that jurists do eventually leave the bench to make way for others. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 He was also appointed to officiate one of European soccer's showcase games, the UEFA Super Cup in August. —

CBS News, 14 June 2026 During her tenure overseeing environmental protection efforts in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, Shore, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, said utilities were beginning to develop closure and remediation plans for older disposal sites. —

Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 Camilla was appointed Colonel in December 2022, three months into her role as queen. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 June 2026 He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1999 for his services to broadcast journalism. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 June 2026 In February 2025, Puerto Rico's governor appointed Luis González Delgado as executive president of the island's Water and Sewer Authority. —

ABC News, 12 June 2026 Menendez was appointed by Commissioner Richard Lara to serve on the city’s charter review committee board and recently resigned from the city’s planning and zoning board to run for office. —

Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026

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More than 10,000 officers will be assigned for the ticker-tape victory parade Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, as authorities brace for potentially record-setting crowds along the parade’s route, held on a stretch of Broadway Street known as the Canyon of Heroes.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
Danny and Nia are traveling with their baby and a nanny, and Kristen and Luke, a Lincoln Logs set that can only make a shooting range, are also traveling with an infant, her sister, and brother-in-law, and so much emotional baggage that Jet Blue charged them $35 million in luggage fees.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026