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 Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that deputies and detectives responded to a shooting along Jetty Road in Moss Landing shortly after midnight. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Local law enforcement officers and sheriff’s deputies will also be available to respond to any issues that arise, the release said. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 In 2016, North Carolina's Supreme Court upheld the firing of sheriff's deputies who declined to donate to the sheriff's political campaign. — News Editor, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 The deputies involved in the incident were not wearing body cameras. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Detectives found Futch inside a vehicle in Berkeley and coordinated with Berkeley police to arrest him, deputies said in a statement Friday. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputies
  1. representatives
  2. assistants
  3. delegates
  4. aides
  5. agents
  6. apprentices
  7. attorneys
  8. aids
Noun
  • The Times reached out to the actor’s representatives for details including the birth date and gender of the child but did not hear back.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Sacramento Bee’s calls to the hotels went unanswered, and calls to the media representatives listed on Hilton’s website were unsuccessful.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • And with pitching coach Matt Blake on a new three-year deal, his assistants, Preston Claiborne and Desi Druschel, will return, too.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Those include testimony from former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Epstein’s former lawyer and accountant, and two of his former assistants.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • The delegates would likely have been chosen through a party primary in May 2027 and a general election in August 2027, the report said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Threatened plants and animals have been the focus for the past two weeks in Armenia, where delegates from around the world have gathered for the United Nations summit on biodiversity.
    — Eric Niiler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • The New York Times reported last week that campaign aides to Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola orchestrated the candidacy of the second Dan Sullivan after a monthslong, statewide search to recruit someone with the same name.
    — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Stevens’s endorsement of Rogers has sent shock waves through Michigan’s Democratic Party, prompting her expulsion from the state party and the resignations of two senior aides.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • The call came as the district pressed for better coordination after ICE agents in late October were spotted near Ethel Phillips Elementary, causing concern among students and families during after school pickup.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Vargas and the other California Representatives who wrote to DHS said that video footage from the incident appeared to show the 8-yeard-old being restrained by federal agents.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • In addition to its own team of more than a dozen chefs and apprentices, Home Chef has also featured menu collaborations with celebrity chefs, including Giada De Laurentiis, Rachael Ray and Gordon Ramsay.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Built with the help of his apprentices, the complex was designed to blend into the surrounding Sonoran Desert, using local stone in a construction style known as desert masonry.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • In a court filing last month, Pike's attorneys said her veins may have ruptured before she was injected with pentobarbital.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Attendees connected Tuesday with more than 30 resources available, including healthcare, disability claim assistance and on-site processing, attorneys, employment and education opportunities, free wigs and financial resources.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • Non-profit aids children in ICE custody An 8-year-old Haitian boy who lost Temporary Protected Status earlier this year was taken into federal custody after an immigration check-in, according to local advocates and school officials.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But despite how life-changing mobility aids can be for the people who need them, they are also heavily stigmatized.
    — Nicole Clark, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of aids

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