second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Kash Patel had tapped Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at the FBI, after the Senate confirmed Patel as the bureau’s new director last week.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Jason Koerner/Getty Images The deputy director serves as the FBI's second-in-command and is traditionally a career agent responsible for the bureau's day-to-day law enforcement operations.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Her comments followed the resignations of four of Mr. Adams’s deputy mayors, including his second-in-command, amid criticism that the mayor has put his own interests above those of New Yorkers.
—Andy Newman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, the department's second-in-command, and lawyers from the public integrity section and criminal division filed paperwork asking to end the case.
—Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Jason Koerner/Getty Images The deputy director serves as the FBI's second-in-command and is traditionally a career agent responsible for the bureau's day-to-day law enforcement operations.
—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Her comments followed the resignations of four of Mr. Adams’s deputy mayors, including his second-in-command, amid criticism that the mayor has put his own interests above those of New Yorkers.
—Andy Newman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, the department's second-in-command, and lawyers from the public integrity section and criminal division filed paperwork asking to end the case.
—Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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