deputize
Example Sentences
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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
Do we deputize our law clerks as historians?
From Slate • May 14, 2024
“I would expect William increasingly to deputize for Charles in undertaking those overseas trips, as he’s already started to do.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022
I deputize everyone around me — just call me on stuff.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2022
I deputize you to act as guard during the day over the remains of Orlando Camp.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr
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