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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
Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Cellphone video recorded inside the school during the chaotic situation showed deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sweeping the school with guns drawn.
—Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Other deputies and jail medical staff responded immediately.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the first responding deputies entered the water to try to rescue others from the car, but was unable to do so.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The deputies entered her house, Grayson noticed the pot on the stove and ordered Farley to move it.
—John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Late last year, her deputies forced Scott to fire several of his senior staff, moves that were recently reported by the Washington Examiner.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Cellphone video recorded inside the school during the chaotic situation showed deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sweeping the school with guns drawn.
—Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Other deputies and jail medical staff responded immediately.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the first responding deputies entered the water to try to rescue others from the car, but was unable to do so.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The deputies entered her house, Grayson noticed the pot on the stove and ordered Farley to move it.
—John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Late last year, her deputies forced Scott to fire several of his senior staff, moves that were recently reported by the Washington Examiner.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputies
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Icelanders speak one of the world’s oldest languages in continuous use and elect representatives to a parliament that has a claim to being the world’s oldest surviving legislative body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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City leaders are directing residents with questions or concerns to contact their state representatives and pledged transparency if new information emerges.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Also present were Carrick’s assistants, plus all the leading executives who are based at Old Trafford, as well as the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The assistants do the type of work that AI is getting better at.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The next morning, the delegates insisted that a photograph be made to commemorate the nomination.—
Harold Holzer,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Members of the public gathered to discuss platform issues and nominate delegates for future conventions.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Two of Singh’s aides were convicted alongside him.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Assad moved toward the front door, this time with two of his aides and his son Hafez.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Now, as investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie focus on possible leads, Schweit and several other former FBI agents say the details released so far suggest the perpetrator likely had prior knowledge of the home or family, and a financial rather than ideological motivation for the crime.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Still, a few hundred departing would leave more than 2,000 agents in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas – a federal force more than three times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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To seat a jury of eight with four alternates, the defense notes, the court must qualify at least 43 jurors, something attorneys argue is unlikely given the number of disqualifications already identified.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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His attorneys argued that the evidence was inconclusive and that he was singled out because of his ultra-conservative Muslim beliefs.—
ERIC TUCKER,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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By drawing attention to practices at their most fragile moment, the USL is creating space for those interactions — enabling masters to teach and apprentices to learn.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This was bad enough for Starmer, coming after numerous reversals—on matters such as welfare policy and inheritance taxes for farmers—and the resignation of 11 cabinet ministers.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Akmal, who is one of Malaysia’s youngest ministers at just 39, is just a few months into his new position, having been appointed to the role of economy minister last December as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Deputies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputies. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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