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as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf
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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks
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as in junior
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Recent Examples of deputy
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
America First, the nonprofit group founded by Stephen Miller, who is set to become Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, took a victory lap after the ruling.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nicholas Denny, a former Bibb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy, was revealed to have been fired by lead sheriff David Davis more than a year after the district attorney told the sheriff's office Denny lied about a local jailer committing a crime.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Number two, there's going to be a -- there's going to be a deputy secretary.
—ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' office said FBI agents searched the home of Brian Williams, the deputy mayor for public safety, on Tuesday as part of their investigation.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
America First, the nonprofit group founded by Stephen Miller, who is set to become Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, took a victory lap after the ruling.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nicholas Denny, a former Bibb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy, was revealed to have been fired by lead sheriff David Davis more than a year after the district attorney told the sheriff's office Denny lied about a local jailer committing a crime.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Number two, there's going to be a -- there's going to be a deputy secretary.
—ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deputy
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Everything that doesn’t fall under that zone, delegate or cut it.Chad Willardson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Nino Mangione, a cousin of Luigi and a Maryland state delegate who issued an initial joint statement for the family, did not respond to a message on a number listed to him.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her young assistant, Esme (Sophie Wilde), is angling for a promotion, and deserves one.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
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The clip was posted by an emergency and critical care vet assistant, who is known on TikTok as @hachpoul.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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His departure was precipitated by his decision to tear up a power- sharing deal with the SNP's junior coalition partner, the Scottish Greens, who promptly responded by backing a vote of no confidence in him.The Week UK, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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For more than two decades Nissan was the junior partner in an alliance with Renault.Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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If people are like me and feel this isn't enough time for the crime, talk to your local representative and your legislators.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 21 Dec. 2024
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Just the addition of a Starboard representative to the board would give the markets tremendous confidence that management is on the path toward shareholder value creation.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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While Trump was addressing some of the top-of-mind issues of the day — including sightings of drones flying over the Northeast — Biden himself has been silent, leaving it to aides to try to calm the public.Michelle L. Price and Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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Secret Service agents thwarted the attack, and Routh fled before being apprehended.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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This past offseason, Smith’s agent broached the topic of a contract extension this offseason, to no avail.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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Mike Roland in the investigations of the bombings of the Hattie Cotton Elementary School in 1957, the Jewish Community Center in 1958, and the home of civil rights attorney and council member Z. Alexander Looby in 1960.Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The actress, who plays an attorney and de facto detective, allows an honest revelation.Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Deputy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deputy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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