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 The names of the man, the deputies and the Plantation officer were not released. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2026 Restaurant staff told deputies that Tinucci had been driving the SUV earlier that day. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026 Investigators said deputies then conducted a tactical retreat while continuing to order the suspect to drop the weapon. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 30 June 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 Multiple calls to sheriff’s dispatchers brought deputies to the woman, who sheltered in the apartment of a Good Samaritan, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputies
  1. representatives
  2. assistants
  3. delegates
  4. aides
  5. agents
  6. apprentices
  7. attorneys
  8. aids
Noun
  • In 1976, there were 18 Black representatives in Congress; today there are 67.
    — Susan Bence, NPR, 4 July 2026
  • Other performers have yet to be officially confirmed by attendees or representatives for Swift and Kelce at the time of publication, though Paul McCartney and Tim McGraw are both believed to have also taken the stage.
    — Jaimie Potters, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • 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
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • But on July 2, 1776, as the mighty British army sailed into New York Harbor, the delegates in Philadelphia's Independence Hall voted yea.
    — Douglas Brinkley, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • The aides allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Some aides were pushing him to run for president in 2016 instead.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • Dugan's case marked the first time that a state judge in Wisconsin went to trial on charges of obstructing immigration agents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • But while police continued to piece together the case, Yepez was detained by federal immigration agents.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • 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
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • 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
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • 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
Definition of aids

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