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

Mr. Adams: I have been deputed by my fellow-citizens, of all parties, to bid you a hearty welcome to this city.

From Ex-President John Quincy Adams in Pittsburgh Address of Welcome, by Wilson McCandless, and Mr. Adams Reply; together with a letter from Mr. Adams Relative to Judge Brackenridge's "Modern Chivalry." by Adams, John Quincy