appointees

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 But the new direction caused misgivings for some conservative supporters of the institution, such as Graves, who joined the regents as one of the three Republican congressional appointees in 2023. — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026 And in May, OMB rocked the scientific community by proposing a rewrite to the bedrock guidance for all federal contracts that deemphasized peer review and empowered political appointees in driving decisions. — STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 The second phase involves installing political appointees to run universities. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Trump installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center last year after removing its previous leadership and replacing board members with his own appointees. — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Brown and Washington are both mayoral appointees and members of Mayor Mike Johnston's cabinet. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 9 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 board was previously made up of seven mayoral appointees. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 The agency was a pseudo-governmental commission with no legal authority, staffed by grossly unqualified appointees, including a teenage programmer known as Big Balls. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointees
Noun
  • There are currently 27 judicial vacancies at the district level and 10 nominees to fill those, mostly in Republican states.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This year’s nominees are Colleen Allen, Emily Dawn Long, Julia Ferentinos for Juju Vera, Julian Louie for Aubero, and Zane Li for Lii.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • While there are only so many cancer patients, all of us are candidates for screening.
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Republican and Democratic candidates are within a few points of each other in dozens of House and Senate races around the country.
    — Nathan Gonzales CQ-Roll Call, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Appointees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointees. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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