Thesaurus results for APPOINTEE

appointee

noun

ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē

Definition of appointee

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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Recent Examples of appointee The board was previously made up of seven mayoral appointees. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 The agency was a pseudo-governmental commission with no legal authority, staffed by grossly unqualified appointees, including a teenage programmer known as Big Balls. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 One exception is the Department of the Army, headed by a civilian appointee, which agreed with getting rid of CHMR entirely. — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026 However, Henderson and the two other judges in the case, Carter appointee Harry Edwards and Obama appointee Robert Wilkins, did agree that the videos Maass obtained were gathered fraudulently and not protected by the First Amendment. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for appointee

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The administration’s nominee for full-time director, Brian Johnson, is an executive at Capital One bank and a former CFPB appointee.

— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
Debate watch Republican nominee for governor Rick Jackson (left) and Democratic nominee for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nominee

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Two healthy scratches may come from this group — Alexander and Jamison-Travis would be candidates as the roster stands now.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Linney’s Guardian tries to draw out some resentment from her new candidate, but John expresses (or feigns) sympathy for Hal, who was betrayed by his father figure Sinestro, an experience John likens to his own complicated upbringing.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

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