Examples of depute in a Sentence
Several officers were deputed to guard the building.
I've been deputed to meet them at the airport.
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And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the Khan smears the seal entrusted to him with vermilion, and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the seal remains imprinted upon it in red; the money is then authentic.
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John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
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John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
Lord Cornwallis, as the Company’s governor general, deputed him to interact and negotiate with the Bhonsles, the Maratha rulers in Nagpur.
—Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
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“Depute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depute. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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