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as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf
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as in aide
a person who helps a more skilled person
a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks
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as in assistant
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Recent Examples of deputy
Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
No country or person has yet been deemed responsible for the drone infractions, said Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark’s deputy prime minister and defense minister.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Ahmed became a deputy sheriff in 2019 and is assigned to the Denver County Jail.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Currently deputy athletics director for external relations at Stanford University, Henderson brings experience in intercollegiate athletics from around the country.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
No country or person has yet been deemed responsible for the drone infractions, said Troels Lund Poulsen, Denmark’s deputy prime minister and defense minister.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
In practice, that meant the staff stopped meeting with senior Salvadoran officials and had to get approval from Manes and her top deputies to engage with others, according to former senior embassy officials.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Ahmed became a deputy sheriff in 2019 and is assigned to the Denver County Jail.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputy
Noun
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Israel’s top diplomat at the United Nations dismissed delegates who walked out before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Representatives from the Writers Guild of America (West & East), Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Writers Guild of Canada are confirmed as attending, along with delegates from European guilds, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Africa and other parts of Asia.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But that underestimates both the level of competition then — being a contemporary of the Big Three is not ideal in that regard — and how few players make the jump from junior prodigy to serial winner.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, the labor statistics for junior programmers look dubious.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, set to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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That was the hammer Kaprizov and his representatives wielded, in an environment where so few superstars hit free agency despite unprecedented year-over-year cap growth.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Though the two met, the source emphasized that the former aide has no way back into the royal fold after the scandal several years ago.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Federal immigration agents carried out a weeklong enforcement campaign across central Florida that led to the arrest of more than 400 migrants without legal status, officials say.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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His plan is to pose as a Fish & Wildlife agent, there to question Catalina’s husband about poaching … and then what?—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
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Through his attorney, Gabe Banks of Banks Weaver Law Firm, Tyrese issued a formal statement extending condolences to the Parker family and accepting responsibility for his dogs.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Jets are now seeking monetary damages from Chen, including costs of suit, and attorneys’ fees.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Deputy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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