deputies

noun

plural of deputy
1
as in representatives
a person who acts or does business for another the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf

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2
as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks

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Recent Examples of deputies Officers and deputies reached the scene in roughly 10 minutes and at that point heard gunfire from the back of the residence, the police department said. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026 In 2019, deputies arrived at a Denver-area STEM school while shooting was still going on inside, the local sheriff said at the time. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 Woody, 44, is not believed to be armed or dangerous and was in custody on nonviolent charges, deputies said. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 On arrival, deputies located the teens, both males, at a fire station before they were taken to a hospital. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating the death of a man who was found in the street near a bicycle in Pompano Beach’s Liberty Park neighborhood on Sunday. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 With assistance from Roberts’ family, authorities tracked his vehicle to a skate park in Auburn, where Placer County deputies located it. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Among them were Broward County sheriff’s deputies who wanted photos and a trio of women who lamented they had been drawn into a new Republican-leaning district. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Recent audits in states like Georgia have led to criminal charges against officers and deputies for allegedly using plate-reader networks to stalk ex-partners, track personal acquaintances or spy on neighbors. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputies
  1. representatives
  2. assistants
  3. delegates
  4. aides
  5. agents
  6. apprentices
  7. attorneys
  8. aids
Noun
  • Paramount Skydance representatives are expected to meet on Monday with the California Attorney General’s office to discuss a potential settlement of the states’ antitrust case, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Caruso was among the 95 state representatives who voted to pass the new law in 2023; 14 lawmakers voted against it.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • Achord meets with his two assistants, 36-year-old Corey Harkey, who played for the Rams from 2012-2016, and Jeff Koonz, who was a Packers defensive assistant last season and the West Virginia special teams coordinator before that.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Addressing thousands of officials and delegates at the Great Hall of the People, Xi portrayed China as a country that was facing tough times, but one that would emerge unscathed.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Its members included farmers, laborers, and reformers, and delegates included representatives from local unions and labor bodies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • And Democratic aides in Washington are preparing members of Congress to push back in the court of public opinion against any baseless claims of voter fraud in competitive districts.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Trump aides are engaging and even hitting back on the staff stories, including a subtweet from Dan Scavino that made the rounds among DC Republicans.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • The Nordic Co-Production Market brings together Nordic and international producers, financiers, distributors and sales agents around projects in development.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The actor stars opposite AnnaSophia Robb, with the two playing a pair of FBI agents who investigate what seems to be an impossible homicide inside the prison.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • With the money, the museum is able to sustain, among other things, an internship program for teaching apprentices and a speaker series.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • In the eligibility litigation against the NCAA, players and their attorneys have raised three main legal theories.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • City Council member Flor Alvidrez is questioning why Denver needed to hire outside lawyers for the two cases when the City Attorney's Office has a large contingent of attorneys.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • Electronic rider aids include Bosch cornering ABS, 3-stage traction control, five riding modes, a 6-axis IMU, a bi-directional quickshifter, cruise control, and TPMS.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Google's Gemini now enhances Classroom with personalized study aids and offers copyable notebooks.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids

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