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deputies

noun

plural of deputy

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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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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 The company told deputies that someone at the Sheriff's Office or a Flock employee could have reactivated the feature, or that a system bug could have automatically activated it. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 July 2026 The deputies yell at Stingley, in prone position, to stop resisting and at various times, one deputy kneels over Stingley, straddling his back and pressing his knee down on Stingley’s buttocks. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 The woman had been missing since May 25, when deputies took a report of a missing person in the 900 block of Locust Road. — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 Restaurant staff told deputies that Tinucci had been driving the SUV earlier that day. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026

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Before the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, Lineage representatives lobbied City Hall over the rooftop solar array.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Volkswagen's labor representatives were said to have blocked a restructuring of the company at Thursday's meeting, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed sources.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026

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Noncertified employees – staff like bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teaching assistants – will get a 3% raise.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
The appeals court ruled that Le Pen oversaw years of misuse by her National Rally party of European Parliament funds by paying staff with money intended for European Union parliamentary assistants.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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Foreign delegates attend On Friday, a number of official foreign delegations and religious leaders attended a ceremony as Khamenei lay in state.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
In Philadelphia, fireworks began to crack as early as midday near the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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The law would be repealed if it is absorbed by a collective bargaining agreement that gives the special education teacher aides equal to or better than a $10,000 pay raise.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
At the same time, the past few months have seen several top-level meetings between Bonta aides and the team under Paramount legal boss Makan Delrahim and the company’s General Counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 July 2026

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Reducing the quantity of new trade workers forced to work as apprentices is the simplest answer to the ratio problem.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Guests will hear the shuffle of San Francisco outside the windows, phones ringing, and the lingering voices of apprentices or other clients.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

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The board unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Hilda Solis, directing county attorneys to send a letter to Lineage Logistics outlining a list of demands and requirements, and asking that the company respond within 48 hours.

— City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
Dugan's attorneys declined to comment ahead of the sentencing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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However, because his hearing aids connected directly to the ringtone, the two ended up wandering around the house, using the changing volume to narrow down its location instead of listening for the phone itself.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Apple calls it the world’s first end to end hearing health experience built into consumer earbuds, part of a growing lineup of over the counter hearing aids now reshaping how people access treatment.

— Allison Palmer July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

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