as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet
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The overhaul prompted swift bipartisan backlash from lawmakers and Escambia County locals, who raised concerns over some of the appointees’ ties to national right-wing organizations and lack of familiarity with the community.
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Four federal judges, including one Trump appointee, have said the situation Trump describes fails to meet the definition of an invasion.
—Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025
Rather, political appointees with preexisting opinions on COVID vaccines appear to have enacted policy unilaterally.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
Instead, the Department of Health and Human Services is filling with political appointees whose views of vaccines run less obviously counter to evidence than Kennedy’s.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Four federal judges, including one Trump appointee, have said the situation Trump describes fails to meet the definition of an invasion.
—Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025
Rather, political appointees with preexisting opinions on COVID vaccines appear to have enacted policy unilaterally.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
Instead, the Department of Health and Human Services is filling with political appointees whose views of vaccines run less obviously counter to evidence than Kennedy’s.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointee
candidate
Noun
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Lee said she’s voiced this concern to Johnson before and suggested Asian American candidates for open positions, but they were not selected.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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If the lumbar puncture yields positive results, patients may be candidates for a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointee. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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