as in appointing
to appoint as one's representative
he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements
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Recent Examples of deputizing
Lang’s proposals have raised concerns among legal experts, who say deputizing private militias for immigration enforcement could be dangerous.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 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
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 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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Putin on November 4 signed a decree, appointing a more junior official, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, to head up the delegation.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
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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Atlas is built for humans delegating to machines.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Deputizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputizing. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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