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as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf
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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks
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as in junior
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Recent Examples of deputy
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Police said the suspect, who has not been publicly identified, fled the area on foot and continued shooting at officers and deputies.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, Shapley is being promoted to deputy chief of IRS Criminal Investigations and Ziegler is assigned to the secretary's office as a senior adviser for IRS reform.
—Fatima Hussein The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Records showed that Worthy had been arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, or choking in common terms.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Property owners would have to pay the sheriff's office a civil eviction fee and the hourly rate of the deputy who would have to stand by as the squatter is removed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Police said the suspect, who has not been publicly identified, fled the area on foot and continued shooting at officers and deputies.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Now, Shapley is being promoted to deputy chief of IRS Criminal Investigations and Ziegler is assigned to the secretary's office as a senior adviser for IRS reform.
—Fatima Hussein The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Records showed that Worthy had been arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, or choking in common terms.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputy
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But most of the delegates were persuaded and supported his resolutions.—
Cassandra Good,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Some of the delegates from Africa, South America and Asian countries were quite critical of how European defense spending dominated main discussions instead of other threats, such as climate change.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Each agent, from autonomous drones delivering packages to personal AI assistants managing healthcare schedules, informs and learns from the collective ecosystem.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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In November 2023 riots broke out in Dublin when an Algerian national was arrested after allegedly stabbing and injuring three young children and a care assistant.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Seven starters who reached the 3A sectional finals last year are back, led by junior midfielder Shea Krakowski, senior defender Shannon Phillips (IU Indy) and senior midfielder/forward Sydney Dulak (Saint Louis).—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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At the time, Parker could not bear the thought of spending time away from her teenage son — who was then going into his junior year in high school in Los Angeles — in order to shoot a months-long project in Toronto.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The group’s legal representatives pointed to some instances in an email to TIME.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Jay Wheeler, on the other hand, delivered an entire album that’s representative of his new era both professionally and personally.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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School board President Sean Harden, who was appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, delayed a vote on a budget amendment last Thursday that would have opened the door for a borrowing scenario to cover both costs proposed by Johnson’s top aides.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Even former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is attracting a challenger — Saikat Chakrabarti, a 39-year-old former aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — though attempts to primary the Democratic powerhouse have failed over the last few cycles.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2025
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Family Photo That all changed on the evening of March 8, when federal agents arrived at their door.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Here, traffic optimization isn’t just a single system’s job; fleets of autonomous vehicles, interconnected traffic lights, and predictive analytics engines work as coordinated agents, dynamically rerouting vehicles and minimizing congestion.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Immigration agents detained Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown and has a visa, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, his attorney has said.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Deputy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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