as in appointing
to appoint as one's representative
the governor has the authority to depute anyone
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Some, however, point to a third path, appointing another prime minister this time from the left or the far right in a bid to rebuild an alliance.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025 -
The Church of England's General Synod voted to allow women bishops in 2014, appointing the first in the following year.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The age of a leader delegating tasks and managing workflows no longer exists in successful businesses, as AI can handle most operational tasks.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Marketing professionals should still rely on their own skills throughout the process of using GenAI tools, instead of merely delegating their responsibilities.—
Roman Vrublivskyi,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Her mother is an opera singer, her father is a conductor and composer responsible for commissioning new, avant-garde works in Iceland.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Before FilmRise, Gagliardi served as head of content at VUDU (now Fandango at Home), building the platform’s content partnerships team and commissioning original productions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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The message being sent is that the FCC is deputizing station owners to take on their network partners.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has taken up the anti-immigrant campaign aggressively, deputizing law-enforcement officers to assist ICE in its roundups.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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