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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Ratcliffe had gotten to know Matt Orwig, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas and a George W. Bush appointee.
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Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
The report was not released until August 2024, long after Trump’s appointee left the agency.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2025
He’s pledged to let political appointees oversee government spending, cut back food stamps and student debt relief, and end civil service protection for government employees so they can be fired and replaced with loyal partisans.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
Kaine and other Democrats fear that Trump, now reelected, may attempt to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers as political appointees who could be hired and fired at will.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
The report was not released until August 2024, long after Trump’s appointee left the agency.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2025
He’s pledged to let political appointees oversee government spending, cut back food stamps and student debt relief, and end civil service protection for government employees so they can be fired and replaced with loyal partisans.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
Kaine and other Democrats fear that Trump, now reelected, may attempt to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers as political appointees who could be hired and fired at will.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Appointee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appointee. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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