appointed
adjective
ap·point·ed
ə-ˈpȯin-təd 
1
: chosen for a particular job
an appointed official
2
: officially fixed or set
at the appointed time
3
: provided with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings and equipment
a beautifully appointed room
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But that’s already the case with the appointed CEO, said Fernando Guerra, director for the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, who supports the measure.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
The appointed board member's position is not paid but requires 40 hours per month for the first six weeks and 15 hours per month after that.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
The court, through an appointed receiver, would have broad authority to fix the problems and abate any nuisances.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Vallas, meanwhile, spent six years as the appointed C.E.O. of the Chicago school system, then the country’s third largest.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2023
The appointed board of managers will then act as the governing body on all district decisions for at least two years.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 17 Mar. 2023
From there, the top two vote-getters will advance to face off in the Nov. 2 General Election to become the city’s first non-appointed mayor in its 100-year history.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
The appointed board member's position is not paid but requires 40 hours per month for the first six weeks and 15 hours per month after that.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
The court, through an appointed receiver, would have broad authority to fix the problems and abate any nuisances.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Vallas, meanwhile, spent six years as the appointed C.E.O. of the Chicago school system, then the country’s third largest.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2023
The appointed board of managers will then act as the governing body on all district decisions for at least two years.
—Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 17 Mar. 2023
From there, the top two vote-getters will advance to face off in the Nov. 2 General Election to become the city’s first non-appointed mayor in its 100-year history.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
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“Appointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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