appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē 
ˌa-
1
: one who is appointed
2
: one to whom an estate is appointed
Examples of appointee in a Sentence
the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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The dissents The primary dissent was written by Chief Justice Roberts, and joined in part by the three Democratic appointees, Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor.
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Bill Pulte, the head of the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and a Trump appointee, alleged on the X social media platform early Wednesday that Cook had claimed two primary residences — in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Atlanta — in 2021 to get better mortgage terms.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
An executive order earlier this month gave political appointees extraordinary control over the federal grantmaking process, including the ability to terminate existing grants at any time.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Starting the analysis a few days after Trump was sworn in should exclude most political appointees who left at the end of the Biden administration from our analysis, but there may be cases where a political appointee was dropped from the directory after this date.
—Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Bill Pulte, the head of the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and a Trump appointee, alleged on the X social media platform early Wednesday that Cook had claimed two primary residences — in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Atlanta — in 2021 to get better mortgage terms.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
An executive order earlier this month gave political appointees extraordinary control over the federal grantmaking process, including the ability to terminate existing grants at any time.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Starting the analysis a few days after Trump was sworn in should exclude most political appointees who left at the end of the Biden administration from our analysis, but there may be cases where a political appointee was dropped from the directory after this date.
—Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appointee. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē, ˌa-
1
: a person who is appointed to a position
2
: a person to whom property is appointed under a power of appointment
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