as in appointing
to appoint as one's representative
the governor has the authority to depute anyone
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Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
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The schism prompted Faye to fire Sonko and dissolve his government before appointing new ministers.
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Amazon has been slimming down its workforce and delegating more tasks to artificial intelligence.
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Set clear rules for delegating authority to agents—including scope, duration, purpose and revocation.
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And Ben Stiller went the third-party route by commissioning a pair of Nike Force 1 Lows.
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Content commissioning spending across the BBC’s TV, radio, and news divisions will amount to £80 million over the coming two years, the leader shared on Wednesday.
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Today, the program allows the Department of Homeland Security to form agreements with state and local law enforcement, deputizing them to enforce federal immigration law.
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State lawmakers have pushed policies that include deputizing campus police departments to assist federal immigration enforcement, restricting partnerships with institutions tied to countries such as China and Venezuela and increasing scrutiny of foreign students.
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“Deputing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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