Thesaurus results for APPOINTEE

appointee

noun

ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē

Definition of appointee

as in nominee

one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet

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Recent Examples of appointee The fourth appointee, Jared Seehafer, will serve as the FDA’s first deputy commissioner for technology and artificial intelligence. — Margaret Manto, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026 The Missouri Supreme Court — dominated by Republican appointees — ruled the secretary of state erred in making the decision. — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026 The administration’s nominee for full-time director, Brian Johnson, is an executive at Capital One bank and a former CFPB appointee. — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026 Anthropic had meanwhile also sued in the Northern District of California and won multiple rulings from Lin, a Biden appointee. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for appointee

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On the heels of a normal-sounding nominee for surgeon general comes another normal-sounding nominee for the FDA.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Though Best Original Song can seem impenetrable, as the Music Branch that determines the shortlist and nominees for the category has its own insular politics, Swift has inched her way closer to a nomination with every song she’s written for a film.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2026

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French President Emanuel Macron delivered a briefing to the candidates running to succeed him so disturbing that even the far-right National Rally’s leaders emerged denouncing Russian hybrid attacks.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Figures such as Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed have given Republicans an opportunity to cast Democrats as socially out of touch and misaligned with the typical voter’s values.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026

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