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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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as in nominates
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
Investors will be watching closely to see whom Burnham appoints to replace Rachel Reeves as the country’s finance minister, a move that is widely expected, analysts told CNN.
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Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But the timing of Nelson's departure — after the Texas legislature is already out of regular session — means whoever Abbott appoints can hold the job in an acting capacity until next year, when the legislature meets and votes on a permanent replacement.
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Miles Parks,
NPR,
24 June 2026
President Obiang, who has been in power since 1979 as Africa's longest-serving president, dominates the political system and appoints the government.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
In addition to her appointment as a judge, Cradle is a member of the state Criminal Justice Commission, which appoints and oversees prosecutors in the state Division of Criminal Justice.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
Brian Kemp appoints Paige Reese Whitaker to an open seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals.
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Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
The governor then appoints one of the finalists to the court.
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Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
The President of the United States appoints about four thousand, and can’t drive his own car.
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But the timing of Nelson's departure — after the Texas legislature is already out of regular session — means whoever Abbott appoints can hold the job in an acting capacity until next year, when the legislature meets and votes on a permanent replacement.
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Miles Parks,
NPR,
24 June 2026
President Obiang, who has been in power since 1979 as Africa's longest-serving president, dominates the political system and appoints the government.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
In addition to her appointment as a judge, Cradle is a member of the state Criminal Justice Commission, which appoints and oversees prosecutors in the state Division of Criminal Justice.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
Brian Kemp appoints Paige Reese Whitaker to an open seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals.
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Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
The governor then appoints one of the finalists to the court.
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Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
The President of the United States appoints about four thousand, and can’t drive his own car.
—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appoints
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Even still, no matter whether a rider chooses to lay their head in a hotel or a tent, anyone who's spent the day enjoying the open road covered by State Farm Insurance will rest far easier that night.
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Whether Weiss chooses to acknowledge the standings or not, the NL East race has become one of baseball's most compelling second-half storylines.
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Even though the president nominates agency leaders, those commissioners are confirmed by the Senate and must not be unfairly punished for exercising independent judgment, Potter said.
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Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it.
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Officials accused her in the letter of violating the university’s time, place and manner policy, which sets rules on free speech activities on campus.
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At issue was whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials.
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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.
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An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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These are not spontaneous, however, and there is a detailed process that has gone into determining what tracks are played, who selects them, and how often they will be heard.
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Rather than celebrating grape varieties for their own sake, each Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) selects the varieties best suited to its climate, soils and history.
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The debate over what constitutes equal opportunity will continue.
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And, as to what constitutes an emergency, the president gets to decide, allowing him, as Lincoln put it, to make war at pleasure.
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The bill designates firing squads as the primary method of execution.
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The Department of Homeland Security designates which foreign countries qualify for TPS.
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For those determined to wrap an actual object, gifting experts say the trick is to avoid anything that merely announces its own price tag.
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Continue reading … RADICAL — DeSantis announces plans to use new state law to target dozens of alleged terrorist groups.
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“Appoints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appoints. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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