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Recent Examples of depute
And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the seal remains imprinted upon it in red; the money is then authentic.
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John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depute
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Different Term Limits For Senate Members SB 37 sets different term limits for faculty senate members, depending on whether they were elected or presidentially appointed.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The president campaigned in 2024 on the promise of mass deportations and appointed Tom Homan as his administration's border czar to execute his agenda.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The responsibility of drafting specific regulations and implementing the reporting standards was delegated to the California Air Resources Board.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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In a 6-3 ruling, the court rejected arguments that Congress had not delegated the FCC sufficient authority to collect money from telecommunications companies or to set up a nonprofit corporation, the Universal Service Administrative Co., to manage the USF program.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Depute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depute. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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