appointing

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Appointing an executor: Your father’s death renders your stepmother’s power of attorney void.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

Appointing both as co-CEOs helps to solve that challenge in the short-term, said Gulati, the Harvard professor who recently wrote a leadership book, “How to Be Bold.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

Appointing someone with no Premier League managerial experience will be viewed as a bold move by Brentford, whose first Premier League game of 2025-26 is at Nottingham Forest on 17 August.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Appointing a Secretary of Education would not change this.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Appointing Kleomenês prefect of Egypt and collector of the taxes, Alexander now hurried away to the Euphrates, there to overthrow the shattered relics of the Persian Empire.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)