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adjective

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Recent Examples of deputy
Noun
Set and filmed in North Norfolk, Ifans plays Tony Evans, the deputy head of a local primary school. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 He was replaced by Li Yongjie, deputy international trade representative, who recently held trade talks with Ecuador. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
As Rolling Stone detailed in 2021, that year nearly one in six LASD deputies surveyed said they had been invited to join an illicit subgroup. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 According to the Justice Manual, any settlement would have to get sign-off from either the deputy attorney general or the associate attorney general. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deputy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputy
Noun
  • Her position as a UN delegate provided a new outlet for Nardal to build and strengthen international alliances.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Toney has remained active in state politics, attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee as a delegate and campaigning for conservative state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel in the spring.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After years of a 4-4-2 being the prevailing setup across Europe in the 1990s, former Manchester City assistant manager Juanma Lillo was an early exponent of the 4-2-3-1 system in the early 2000s during his time in Spain.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coding assistants have been some of the early winners of the generative AI rush, becoming the first real application type to attract a hefty number of paying users.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • OpenAI hires ex-bankers to develop AI tools that can perform work now done by junior staff.
    John Kell, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The two sister competitions have come under scrutiny on many occasions in recent history, namely when the 2023 adult and junior winners, Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastav, relinquished their titles.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek reached out to representatives for Greene by email to comment on this story outside of normal business hours.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Fox News Digital has reached out to representatives for Ferguson, Beatrice and Eugenie for comment.
    Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That means no Meghan, no aides, and zero chance of it ending up as content for a documentary or book.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The contraceptives are mostly long-lasting types of birth control, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs), a US congressional aide told CNN.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was one of the first people to publicly condemn the selection of Bad Bunny, going as far as threatening that ICE agents would be present at the Super Bowl next year.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.
    Kyla Mandel, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
Noun
  • Their attorney said law enforcement did not collect evidence from one of the dive computers, one of which is now missing.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Almost two hours after the start of the press conference, the mayor released a statement that didn't address any of the allegations made by Theetge's attorney.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025

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