deputed

Example Sentences

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"But media teams deputed inside Jinnah Convention Centre do not know what's happening outside."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

"So far we have captured 10 leopards," says AK Singh, the forest official deputed of the district.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

When he failed to do so, his cousin Amy Lowell took on the task: “I like to imagine that the task has been deputed to me in his stead.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

He was usually deputed to pick up the opposing playmaker and the coach Bobby Haarms described him as being "like a kamikaze pilot" as he pursued him, often deep into opposition territory.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2013

In July, 1874, the New York Prison Association having deputed me to visit thirteen of the county jails of this state and report thereupon, I made a tour of inspection in pursuance of that appointment.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.