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[uh-point-muhnt] / əˈpɔɪnt mənt /






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Patients face an average wait of 31 days to secure a new doctor’s appointment, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times, which covers major metropolitan areas.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

FIFA’s Priority Appointment Scheduling System — or “FIFA PASS” — will help those with World Cup tickets get a prioritized visa interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

The appointments clause goes on to provide that “Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone.”

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

But she ruled, contrary to precedent, that Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution’s Appointment Clause.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2024

Signed on Behalf of ourselves, and by Appointment of a great Number of the Frontier Inhabitants, Matthew Smith.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis




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