How to Use deputize in a Sentence

deputize

verb
  • I deputize for the newspaper's editor on the weekends.
  • This adds a lot of work and Raven would normally deputize her two kids, ages 14 and 12.
    Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Lincoln himself deputized Hughes to visit Paris and Rome to plead the Union’s cause.
    Terry Golway, WSJ, 8 July 2018
  • So the child psychiatrist is footing the bill for the fabric himself and has deputized his wife to sew up the curtains.
    Jennifer Rogers, The Cut, 22 May 2017
  • Guests came pouring in, seemingly from out of nowhere, and filled the place (we were deputized to serve them food, but joined afterwards).
    James McGirk, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2013
  • Did the Pirates manager who didn’t like Javier Baez’s bat flip deputize Perez?
    Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The action deputized the seven impeachment managers who will present the House’s case.
    New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The company is also deputized by payday lenders, who pay them a fee to serve warrants on debtors.
    Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Anyone who stopped into the police station to complain about the mob was deputized.
    Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
  • We are all deputized, at this very moment, to act as junior Demon Slayers in the battle that is about to commence.
    Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • The body will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    CBS News, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The Justice Department approved the request to deputize nine agents, the person said.
    Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Like why does a Latino man deputize himself to stalk a Black boy to protect an all-white community?
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The chamber will also look at a proposal to deputize a teacher or someone else at school so they are authorized to have a gun.
    Brendan Farrington, Time, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Observing all this is the wise, elderly coach, Sune, who mentored Peter — and Peter is now deputized to tell the beloved coach he is being replaced.
    Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
  • The attackers, some of whom had been deputized and armed by city officials, murdered Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses over the course of two days.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
  • That license, ideally, took the form of permission slips, called letters of marque or reprisal, which deputized them to attack certain foreign ships for a cut of the loot.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • At Liverpool, midfielder James Milner was deputized as a left back for much of last season.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Once inside, the enzymes deputized molecules called gasdermins to punch even larger holes in the cancer cells — holes through which the cells bubbled out their insides.
    Sharon Begley, STAT, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The federal agents had been deputized by the county Sheriff’s Office to help in the investigation.
    azcentral, 24 Feb. 2020
  • The new law deputized their officials as slave-catchers and punished resisters with stiff fines and jail time, and Northerners reacted with fury.
    Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
  • At Boeing, the company directly oversees a pool of engineers who are deputized to act in behalf of FAA.
    Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2019
  • When the original mayor died in office of old age, Max II was deputized to finish out his term, then retained by popular demand.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • That the Legislature deputized union organizers to do the same thing changes nothing.
    Adam B. Summers, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2017
  • Across mid- and southeast Michigan, he was deputized by counties and worked as a court officer in many jurisdictions.
    Freep.com, 17 July 2019
  • Newsom did not say exactly how many prosecutors would be deputized to work in Alameda County in the coming days.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The idea is that control of armed force should be deputized to and limited to certain populations—especially elite white men.
    TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Supporters of the bill want to prohibit state or local police from being deputized to help find those in the country illegally.
    Don Thompson, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Behan then met with Virgil Earp, who had deputized his brothers and Doc Holliday.
    National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Hysaj has made 41 appearances for the Italian side this season, and has proven his adaptability when deputizing at left back during Faouzi Ghoulam's two spells out injured.
    SI.com, 25 Apr. 2018

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