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Recent Examples of deputize
The move allowed the city to deputize its police officers with immigration enforcement powers, although the police chief said in the summer that, for now, just three officers would be selected and trained.
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Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.
—Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
The message being sent is that the FCC is deputizing station owners to take on their network partners.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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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Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.
—Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
The message being sent is that the FCC is deputizing station owners to take on their network partners.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputize
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Members of the Little Rock housing authority's board of commissioners on Friday voted to recommend that Keith Fountain be appointed to a five-year term on the board.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The president worked with Gifford Pinchot—the US Forest Service’s first leader—on a publicity campaign in this realm, and came to appoint a commission in 1903 that held public hearings and investigations the president knew would grab headlines.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many long-standing laws broadly delegate emergency powers to the President.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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During his tenure, Cheney worked closely with senior defense officials and focused on external strategy while delegating internal management.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Deputize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputize. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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