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deputize

[dep-yuh-tahyz] / ˈdɛp yəˌtaɪz /


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He remains eighth in the line of succession and could, theoretically, be one of the royal clan called to deputize for the monarch if he fell seriously sick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

As ByteDance throws every weapon it can against the bill, a key element of its strategy has emerged: deputize its army of TikTok “creators” to become informal lobbyists, asking them to plead the company’s case.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2024

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were deputize and deputized.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

When agents met up with Girardi after the meeting, she recalled, “they asked me to raise my right hand because they wanted to deputize me because I did so well.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

The elders and deacons are the representatives and agents of the congregation and their office rests only on the right of the congregation to act, and its ability to deputize some to act for all.

From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.




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