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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As part of the settlement, Disney agreed to pause the separate federal lawsuit, which is being appealed, pending negotiations on a new development agreement with the DeSantis appointees.
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Mike Schneider, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
To limit any internal opposition to his agenda, the report also calls for Trump to reimpose an executive order that Biden revoked, enabling him to fire thousands of civil servants across his administration and replace them with political appointees.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
But with new Biden administration appointees, proponents on the commission appear to have a majority.
—Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
All three are DeSantis appointees, as are Muñiz and Couriel.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
Murphy did not express an opinion about the line, but the attorney general of New Jersey, a confidant and direct appointee of her husband, submitted a remarkable letter to the judge, stating that the line was legally indefensible.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Four representatives: If different candidates win the special election and the regular election, and if the appointee either doesn't run for election or does so unsuccessfully, then District 7 would see an appointee serve after Ansari from April 2024 until November 2024 or March 2025.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
The appeals decision is a preliminary step, focusing only on Texas’s request that the judges stay a Feb. 29 lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, a Republican appointee in Austin.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In New Jersey, a lawsuit filed last year by a former state legislator argued that the state Fish and Game Council, made up largely of appointees from hunting and fishing clubs, violates the State Constitution because its members function as a de facto legislative body.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Mike Schneider, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
To limit any internal opposition to his agenda, the report also calls for Trump to reimpose an executive order that Biden revoked, enabling him to fire thousands of civil servants across his administration and replace them with political appointees.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
But with new Biden administration appointees, proponents on the commission appear to have a majority.
—Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
All three are DeSantis appointees, as are Muñiz and Couriel.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
Murphy did not express an opinion about the line, but the attorney general of New Jersey, a confidant and direct appointee of her husband, submitted a remarkable letter to the judge, stating that the line was legally indefensible.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Four representatives: If different candidates win the special election and the regular election, and if the appointee either doesn't run for election or does so unsuccessfully, then District 7 would see an appointee serve after Ansari from April 2024 until November 2024 or March 2025.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
The appeals decision is a preliminary step, focusing only on Texas’s request that the judges stay a Feb. 29 lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra, a Republican appointee in Austin.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In New Jersey, a lawsuit filed last year by a former state legislator argued that the state Fish and Game Council, made up largely of appointees from hunting and fishing clubs, violates the State Constitution because its members function as a de facto legislative body.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
Legal Definition
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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