appointive

Example Sentences

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“Is it really an appointive process if there’s a vote being taken?” said Judge Roderick Young, a Trump appointee.

From Washington Times

“It is my understanding that ‘appointive office’ as used in RCW. 77.04.040 does not include a volunteer position like a planning commission member who serves in an advisory capacity only.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Dinkins was a cautious, deliberate Harlem Democrat who climbed to City Hall through relatively minor elective and appointive offices.

From New York Times

Comey: I think I’m done in governments, certainly in an appointive role, I would never run for office, but an appointed role in government.

From MSNBC

In fact, Bush rose in the Party because of electoral, not appointive, politics.

From The New Yorker