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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During his last decade on the court, Stephen Breyer, a Clinton appointee, was one of only three justices to own individual stocks.
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Gabe Roth, Twin Cities, 19 June 2024
Cannon is a Trump appointee who has largely been criticized by Democrats for her streak of decisions that have been perceived as helpful for the defense and her slow pace toward bringing the case to trial.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 June 2024
The other candidates are former Trump appointee Terris Todd; author and artist Maria Martin; Marine Corps veteran Jon Myers and businessman John Prabhudoss.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Under the Biden appointees Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have sued a number of corporate behemoths, including Amazon, Google, and Live Nation-Ticketmaster, on monopoly grounds.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Gabe Roth, Twin Cities, 19 June 2024
Cannon is a Trump appointee who has largely been criticized by Democrats for her streak of decisions that have been perceived as helpful for the defense and her slow pace toward bringing the case to trial.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 June 2024
The other candidates are former Trump appointee Terris Todd; author and artist Maria Martin; Marine Corps veteran Jon Myers and businessman John Prabhudoss.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Under the Biden appointees Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have sued a number of corporate behemoths, including Amazon, Google, and Live Nation-Ticketmaster, on monopoly grounds.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 June 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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