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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Brennan, who was appointed by Republican former president and now president-elect Donald Trump, was joined by Senior Circuit Judge Kenneth Ripple, an appointee of Republican former president Ronald Reagan.
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Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But during Trump’s first presidency, many of the political appointees running the agency had spent their careers up to that point challenging it.
—ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
The question is whether high-level career officials will follow the best practices of civil-military relations and give their candid advice to Trump and his senior political appointees even when that advice is unwanted.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
To simply cut these people with abandon (and replace others with political appointees) could have severe consequences, such as stifling disaster response and increasing the likelihood of corruption.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But during Trump’s first presidency, many of the political appointees running the agency had spent their careers up to that point challenging it.
—ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
The question is whether high-level career officials will follow the best practices of civil-military relations and give their candid advice to Trump and his senior political appointees even when that advice is unwanted.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
To simply cut these people with abandon (and replace others with political appointees) could have severe consequences, such as stifling disaster response and increasing the likelihood of corruption.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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appointee
noun
ap·poin·tee
ə-ˌpȯin-ˈtē
ˌa-ˌpȯin-
: a person appointed to a position or an office
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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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