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appointee

[uh-poin-tee, ap-oin-tee] / ə pɔɪnˈti, ˌæp ɔɪnˈti /
NOUN
nominee
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Bass’ office last week said her appointees on the executive committee include entertainment attorney Matt Johnson, real estate developer Jaime Lee and union leader Yvonne Wheeler.

From Los Angeles Times

Incoming CEOs averaged 54 years old, compared with nearly 56 for last year’s appointees.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Environmental Protection Network — a bipartisan group of more than 700 former staff and appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency — described it as “unprecedented and dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times

It isn’t the first time a president used humor to tell his Fed chair appointee what he wants.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also writes about the people involved in this work, from political appointees to career prosecutors and corporate whistleblowers.

From The Wall Street Journal