Thesaurus results for DEPUTIES

deputies

noun

plural of deputy

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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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 An over-the-top hazing event involving members of a high school baseball team is under investigation in southeastern North Carolina, according to deputies. —

Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026 Florida deputies rushed to save the lives of nearly a dozen people who were tossed into the water off the Fort Myers coast when their pontoon boat overturned, and the dramatic rescue was caught on video. —

Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 Johnson is entitled, of course, to choose his own deputies. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 But this time, another man yelled at him for bringing the pet inside the store and soon punched him in the face, Broward deputies said. —

Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 The jury ruled in favor of the musician in all 13 counts, which included both defamation and false light claims from the deputies involved, according to documents filed in the Adams County Common Pleas Court. —

Alexis Martin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026 Afroman celebrated his legal victory in a video on Wednesday after winning a defamation lawsuit filed by several Ohio sheriff's deputies who accused the rapper of mocking and allegedly lying about them in music videos, following a 2022 raid on his home. —

Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026 The deputies claimed that these were intentional lies that harmed their reputations and made their lives and their jobs more difficult. —

Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

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On deck to present was PMB Capital partner Taylor Baird and Edged Data Centers chief investment officer John Callahan, along with representatives from the city of Fort Worth.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Team representatives wrote in the lobbying material that the Blazers’ future in Portland was at stake — and that a departure would threaten the city’s turnaround from pandemic-era headlines about downtown retail vacancies and crime.

— Conrad Wilson, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2026