Thesaurus results for APPOINTEES

appointees

noun

plural of appointee

as in nominees

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 appointees The governor’s office did not respond to questions about the thoroughness of their vetting process for political appointees. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Companies connected to the president’s family and appointees have scooped up numerous DOD deals. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 19 Aug. 2026 The changes would give political appointees more discretion over which projects receive funding and allow funding to be canceled or redirected as federal priorities change. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The majority opinion, by the two Republican appointees, came down on a Thursday morning in January. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Previously, the board was comprised of seven mayoral appointees. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 In the future, legislators could refuse to confirm to executive branch positions appointees who have been involved in the decision to start marginal wars. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026 Most of the appointees have a background in intelligence, according to Saeid Golkar, associate professor of political science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Post Opinions writers share which appointees have defied expectations. — Washington Post Opinions, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026

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Eiren’s pick now advances to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which will winnow submissions from countries around the world down to a shortlist of 15 films before narrowing to five nominees.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Jolly and Nixon are as willing and able as any nominees ever to take the real issues to the people, to speak truth to power.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

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Meanwhile, outside the five districts that Democrats hope to switch, there are safely Democratic districts where progressive candidates are jousting with mainstream rivals, a subset of the national party’s ideological conflict.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Two possible Democratic 2028 presidential candidates — ex-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rahm Emanuel, an ex-Chicago mayor who was President Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff — have campaigned with Powell.

— Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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