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 When authorities arrived at the Aisenberg house and began their investigation, deputies found a boot print in Sabrina's room and a blonde hair in her crib that didn't belong to anyone in the family. — Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Upon arrival, deputies set up containment and entered the home to find the suspect, only identified as a 27-year-old man, inside. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 After leading San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies on a miles-long chase, Bo pulled over. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Moments later, the witness saw smoke coming from the area and notified sheriff’s deputies. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Please keep her family, her fellow deputies, and the entire Lexington County community in your prayers. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 That same day, Hall was spotted by sheriff’s deputies and was pulled over while driving his black Jeep Cherokee on Interstate 75 in the Ocala area. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 After spending months negotiating a pricey purchase of the private fuel yard that keeps PortMiami ships running, two top deputies to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava were shocked when their boss abruptly rejected the deal. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026 Paul said that Elijah Bieniemy was on scene when deputies arrived Sunday evening. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 28 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
  • But during Thursday's meeting, representatives for the property owner and developer said the discussion over the mobile home park closing is separate from the annexation, rezoning and variances for the property.
    — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • No formal bill-writing negotiations have occurred, although Pritzker representatives and top legislative officials are scheduled to hold a second meeting of their data center task force this month.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • The Angels fired former Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux and two of his assistants earlier Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Another feature is designated office space for the hall director and resident assistants meet with students in an area that is outside of their personal rooms.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Roughly 1,000 delegates of the California Federation of Labor voted Tuesday to endorse Proposition 40, a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires aimed at addressing looming healthcare cuts.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The vote to endorse the measure by party delegates from across the state and members of the executive board initially failed as backers were unable to cobble together enough support to cross the 60% threshold needed.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • Two aides eased Eleanor from her bedroom to an armchair in the study.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • After days of anticipation about whether this 'NIL Bill' would actually be taken up for a vote, Senate aides were scrambling early Saturday morning to make their way back to the Capitol.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers may soon be equipped with gloves that deliver electrical shocks, which the manufacturer says are intended to de-escalate encounters with individuals.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In both of last month's shootings, agents were not wearing body cameras.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • 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
  • There are currently 17 apprentices at the Winter Park facility.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • All of them also have attorneys who are speaking on their behalf.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • There is no methodology which precisely calculates this number, but good trial attorneys can usually get within the ballpark based on their past experiences with similar cases.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • Healthcare and elder care have generated particular concern because many Haitians worked as home health aids and certified nursing assistants caring for patients and elderly residents.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Steadman and Myers allegedly made several purchases at pharmacies for sleeping aids and other prescription medication in the days leading up to the deaths, according to Rabbitt.
    — Matt Foster, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids

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