as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
he was appointed procurator of the church and was responsible for all of the financial arrangements
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Recent Examples of procurator
Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
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Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
—Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
In September, the procurator general and advocate general, who advise the court, published an opinion urging the justices to reject the government’s arguments.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
Moving forward requires that the group shell out as much as $7,000, which includes a filing fee and the cost of hiring a procurator-advocate, who will argue the case on the group’s behalf.
—Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
—Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
In September, the procurator general and advocate general, who advise the court, published an opinion urging the justices to reject the government’s arguments.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
Moving forward requires that the group shell out as much as $7,000, which includes a filing fee and the cost of hiring a procurator-advocate, who will argue the case on the group’s behalf.
—Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procurator
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In reality, since 2000 the canal has been operated by the Panama Canal Authority, whose administrator, deputy administrator and 11-member board are selected by Panama’s government but operate independently.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Patel, a staunch Trump ally, was the acting deputy director of national intelligence during the last year of Trump's first presidency.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Sanders did well among working-class voters and in the most populous states but ultimately had fewer delegates at the 2016 national convention than Hillary Clinton.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee selected Dylan Behler to fill the open District 30A delegate seat after Shaneka Henson was promoted to the Maryland Senate.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2025
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The representatives from the city also explained that the fund is not a traditional savings account, meaning funds contributed to it would not bear interest.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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But his departure was apparently stymied when representatives of The Walk began to escort Kyoko (living under the name Ruth Holman) to and from her Hollywood high school.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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The agents also argued more indie films are being packaged and pre-sold to distributors outside of the festival, with Sundance chasing more true discoveries and a slate that leans very indie.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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Murphy died Sunday of cancer at his home in Kent, England, his agent, Thomas Bowington, announced.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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Owens faced life in prison if he’d been convicted as originally charged, his attorney, Seth Morris, noted in a statement to this news organization.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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In an industry filled with blowhards, Doug Davis flies pretty far under the radar, at least for a major music attorney, son of one of its most legendary executives and, for nearly two decades, co-pilot of that legendary executive’s iconic annual event, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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There, the Taliban's deputy minister of economy, Abdul Latif Nazari, said that around 50 national and international aid organizations had their operations suspended, partly or entirely, across Afghanistan.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Musk seems to be a minister without a portfolio in charge of some no-goodnik cabal.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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