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as in representatives
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 assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person
a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks
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Recent Examples of deputies
Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Cellphone video recorded inside the school during the chaotic situation showed deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sweeping the school with guns drawn.
—Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Other deputies and jail medical staff responded immediately.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the first responding deputies entered the water to try to rescue others from the car, but was unable to do so.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The deputies entered her house, Grayson noticed the pot on the stove and ordered Farley to move it.
—John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Late last year, her deputies forced Scott to fire several of his senior staff, moves that were recently reported by the Washington Examiner.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Cellphone video recorded inside the school during the chaotic situation showed deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sweeping the school with guns drawn.
—Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Other deputies and jail medical staff responded immediately.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
One of the first responding deputies entered the water to try to rescue others from the car, but was unable to do so.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
The deputies entered her house, Grayson noticed the pot on the stove and ordered Farley to move it.
—John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Late last year, her deputies forced Scott to fire several of his senior staff, moves that were recently reported by the Washington Examiner.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputies
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Icelanders speak one of the world’s oldest languages in continuous use and elect representatives to a parliament that has a claim to being the world’s oldest surviving legislative body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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City leaders are directing residents with questions or concerns to contact their state representatives and pledged transparency if new information emerges.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Studies show annual turnover among nursing assistants can approach 100%, and home care roles see turnover rates of around 75%, reflecting both burnout and unstable hours.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The move follows the unionization of production assistants with the same labor group on Chicago Fire in December.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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The next morning, the delegates insisted that a photograph be made to commemorate the nomination.—
Harold Holzer,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Members of the public gathered to discuss platform issues and nominate delegates for future conventions.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cuts to the program — including approximately $1 trillion in reductions passed in recent legislation — could ripple through agencies that employ aides and nursing assistants.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bilingual aides alone would drop by over a fifth, with about 24 positions cut.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Confrontations involving federal agents have routinely been captured on video from multiple angles, which later served to discount parts of the government’s narrative of events.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration agents in exchange for voting to fund DHS after Alex Pretti was killed last month in Minneapolis.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Thompson's attorneys announced plans to appeal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The strategy, attorneys said, allows the government to avoid adjudicating the merits of immigration cases entirely.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Feb. 2026
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By drawing attention to practices at their most fragile moment, the USL is creating space for those interactions — enabling masters to teach and apprentices to learn.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This was bad enough for Starmer, coming after numerous reversals—on matters such as welfare policy and inheritance taxes for farmers—and the resignation of 11 cabinet ministers.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Akmal, who is one of Malaysia’s youngest ministers at just 39, is just a few months into his new position, having been appointed to the role of economy minister last December as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Deputies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputies. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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