as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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Among Makary’s most polarizing appointees was Vinay Prasad, who served as a key agency official overseeing vaccines and biotech treatments before stepping down at the end of April.
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Annika Kim Constantino,angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 May 2026
After de Blasio left office, at the end of 2021, Adams installed his own appointees at the Department of Correction, and Richards returned to the Fortune Society.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
However, the White House said last year that those decisions will now be made by political appointees.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Six of the seven state Supreme Court justices are his appointees.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
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Annika Kim Constantino,angelica Peebles, CNBC, 12 May 2026
After de Blasio left office, at the end of 2021, Adams installed his own appointees at the Department of Correction, and Richards returned to the Fortune Society.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
However, the White House said last year that those decisions will now be made by political appointees.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Six of the seven state Supreme Court justices are his appointees.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointee
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Tony nominees and close friends Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch embrace inside the 79th Annual Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press event in New York City on May 14.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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So, of course, the latest movie from the two-time Oscar nominee, his first feature in close to a decade, is highly anticipated.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt took his campaign to South Los Angeles on Wednesday, in a neighborhood incumbent Mayor Karen Bass represented during her years in Congress.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointee. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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