APPOINTS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appoints

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present tense third-person singular of appoint

as in chooses

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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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 appoints The only exception is the City and County of Denver, where the city’s mayor appoints the Denver County Court’s judges (but not the judges for Denver District Court). — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 Under Morocco’s constitution, the king appoints the head of government from the political party that wins the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives. — CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Newsom appoints members to the foundation board, which determines what expenses to cover in the governor’s office. — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Under Iowa law, the governor appoints a replacement if the vacancy occurs while the Senate is in session or if the chamber will meet before the next general election. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026 The governor also appoints all members of the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Sep. 2026 The speaker of the House appoints the House parliamentarian; the Senate parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the secretary of the Senate, who is elected by senators at the start of each Congress. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 The president appoints the secretary of the Interior Department. — Innisfree McKinnon, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 The State Board of Education supervises public education in Michigan and appoints the state superintendent. — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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If the Fed chooses to raise interest rates to tamp todayâ€™s inflation down, capital-intensive renewables will suffer.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Herbert Nordrum chooses the funniest — and, ironically, maybe most British — possible allegory when describing his involvement in Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

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If the vacancy remains, district judges may appoint a prosecutor to serve until the president nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Each team nominates one player annually, and the winner is honored during the World Series.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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Often, the company sets its standards based on Japan’s service protocol, counter design and product innovation.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
While OpenAI and Meta build AI products for a range of customers, Shinn believes Instinct’s focus sets it apart.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

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Notably, in the new documents, NASA assigns an explicit price to crew and cargo missions.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of assigns

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The Cook Mixer then selects which competitors will step forward and take on the challenge.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
One example of a high-yield dividend fund is the Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), which tracks an index that selects S&P 500 stocks that offer the largest dividends while seeking to minimize volatility.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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Algerian state media reported, without presenting evidence, contact between Emirati diplomats and the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie, or MAK, which Algeria designates a terrorist organization.

— Tareq Alotaiba, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
For example, Seychelles’ constitution designates three national languages, of which French is one.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026

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Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas announces his retirement immediately after the team’s season-ending loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The award announces that demonizing Jews and the Jewish state can be a spectacularly successful legal career strategy.

— Anne Bayefsky, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

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