as in appointing
to appoint as one's representative
the governor has the authority to depute anyone
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But there is still one more step in the long process of appointing the new archbishop.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Mamdani, who is still assembling his City Hall team, has put off appointing a new commissioner for the Department of Correction.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Organizational Skepticism Toward Automation Operational teams were cautious about delegating decisions to algorithmic systems.—
Paul Baier,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He’s always believed in hiring exceptional people, aligning incentives, setting clear objectives, and then delegating with information.—
Susan Caminiti,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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But the World Health Organization found no justification for health concerns after commissioning a review where experts from nine countries analyzed 63 studies on cellphones and cancer dating from 1994 through 2022.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Paramount+ ultimately prevailed, putting the project on fast-track development and commissioning a pilot script rewrite, a backup script and a bible for the series.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
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One part of his strategy has involved deputizing some local and state police forces through a decades-old federal program.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Vance also announced that the administration was deputizing a new assistant attorney general to prosecute the abuse of government assistance programs in response to growing attention to fraud in childcare programs in Minnesota.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Deputing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputing. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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