How to Use appoint in a Sentence

appoint

verb
  • Every year, the group appoints three new members.
  • After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
  • She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
  • This is the first time since the 1950s the post will be elected, not appointed.
    — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
  • For the first time, the Queen is set to appoint the new prime minister in Scotland.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2022
  • O’Farrell signed on to the proposal to appoint Hutt last week.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Tribble said the board hopes to appoint a permanent CEO in the next six to nine months.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2023
  • DeSantis leads and appoints the heads of all state agencies.
    — Stephany Matat, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2025
  • The first step in that legal process would be to appoint a three-judge panel to consider whether to grant the request.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Macron will have to appoint a new Prime Minister—once again, of his own choosing.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The president gets to appoint people to the Fed, but then gets to quietly grumble about them like the rest of us.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
    — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • So, for example, a trust might give a person the power to appoint who gets the trust assets.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • As part of the agreement, AT&T had the right to appoint seven board members and Discovery could pick six.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Even if the ministry has objections, the judges can send the candidate’s name back, and the ministry must appoint them.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Removal would give Democrats trio on bench If the justices are removed, Hobbs would appoint three people to the court in her first term.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • He has been appointed two attorneys by the court and pleaded not guilty.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The board settled into factions, and couldn’t break its 3-3 tie to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy.
    — Henry Krausse, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Each was entitled to appoint two members to the for-profit board.
    — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Of the seven justices on the state's Supreme Court, five were appointed by DeSantis.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • He was first appointed assistant to Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in 1997.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Those names will be submitted to Gov. Kay Ivey, who will then have 90 days to appoint someone to the position.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2022
  • At that point, Macron could reappoint Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • At that point, Mr. Macron could reappoint Ms. Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The easiest way to set up and run a gold IRA is to appoint a company that offers an all-in-one service.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • One of the main points of contention is the ruling coalition’s push for more power in appointing judges, including to the Supreme Court.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The statement also said the chairperson of the board is appointed by the center’s board members.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
  • During the last hunt, I was appointed the bear coordinator for the Heathrow community.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
  • The panel of three, including one judge appointed by Trump, said that only Congress could authorize such broad trade actions.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

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