appoint
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Announcing its decision to appoint administrators earlier in the year, the company said reduced demand, "escalating" employment costs and "soaring" energy costs had "squeezed the business financially".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Trump has been able to appoint one Fed governor, Stephen Miran, to fill the remainder of Gov. Adriana Kugler’s term that expired at the end of January.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Hong Kong requires incorporated companies to appoint a corporate secretary that files its annual returns, among other compliance functions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Hancock Whitney Financial Planning advises people to appoint a corporate executor in order to avoid familial clashes when dealing with sensitive issues like the one you are currently navigating.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Graduate Dean George Birkhoff assured Ernest of Harvard’s high esteem for Oppenheimer “as a creative theorist” and confided that the university was willing to appoint him as an associate professor at $6,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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