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as in choosing
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 nominating
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 appointing
Putin on November 4 signed a decree, appointing a more junior official, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, to head up the delegation.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.
—Jamie Stengle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
As Mayor-elect Mamdani prepares to take office on January 1, 2026, his incoming administration will be responsible for appointing a new fire commissioner to guide one of the nation's largest and most visible emergency services.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Monty's wife, Cami (Demi Moore), meanwhile, is also poised to be a bigger part of the business, with Tommy appointing her to the board.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
By appointing a man who was deeply unpopular with fans by the end of his reign so recently, though, Wolves would have been condemning him and his players to working in a poisonous environment from day one.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Duncan, Kemp, and GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger resisted efforts by the president, his underlings, and some GOP state legislators to reverse former President Joe Biden’s Georgia win by appointing an alternate slate of electors.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Now, Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council (PAC) faces the Herculean task of appointing a new prosecutor to take on the case.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Kayla Mamelak, a spokesperson for Adams, didn’t rule out appointing new Rent Guidelines Board members.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.
—Jamie Stengle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
As Mayor-elect Mamdani prepares to take office on January 1, 2026, his incoming administration will be responsible for appointing a new fire commissioner to guide one of the nation's largest and most visible emergency services.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Monty's wife, Cami (Demi Moore), meanwhile, is also poised to be a bigger part of the business, with Tommy appointing her to the board.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
By appointing a man who was deeply unpopular with fans by the end of his reign so recently, though, Wolves would have been condemning him and his players to working in a poisonous environment from day one.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Duncan, Kemp, and GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger resisted efforts by the president, his underlings, and some GOP state legislators to reverse former President Joe Biden’s Georgia win by appointing an alternate slate of electors.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Now, Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council (PAC) faces the Herculean task of appointing a new prosecutor to take on the case.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
Kayla Mamelak, a spokesperson for Adams, didn’t rule out appointing new Rent Guidelines Board members.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointing
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When choosing a supplement, look for products independently tested or certified by organizations such as the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), United States Pharmacopeia (USP), or ConsumerLab.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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But that goes back to choosing whether to make the right decision or the wrong.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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According to researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, the characteristics of nanotubes can be precisely tuned by selecting specific atomic compositions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Get the most from your investment by selecting trees that provide year-round beauty.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the Thursday hearing, Friedman set Curran’s bond at $6,000, assigning a $1,000 for the injunction violation and $5,000 for the battery, records show.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arizona is planning a travelling museum that will bring the state’s most treasured historical artifacts to all fifteen of its counties, setting them up in parks, schools, libraries, and civic centers.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mitchell finished with 29 points, as did De’Antre Hunter in setting a season-high, while Evan Mobley went for 24 points and Sam Merrill dished out eight assists.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Tennessean is not naming those charged until additional information is provided.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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The release did not disclose the terms of the naming rights deal.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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The pews are filled with young families who sit next to older men and women adorned in speciality attire, designating their involvement with either the women's ministry or men's ministry.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Nov. 2025
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Amazon is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure and platform services, constituting over 41% of the market, according to market research group Gartner.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Akyol mentioned that Williams remains focused on capturing incremental data center opportunities, targeting 6 gigawatts in total capacity, with the Socrates project constituting only 400 megawatts.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Appointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointing. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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