deputize
verb (used with object)
to appoint as deputy.
has deputized
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present perfectof deputize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Federal Aviation Administration, which for decades has deputized Boeing employees to sign off on some safety matters on the agency’s behalf, has forced it to limit production.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Mr. Mnuchin, whom Mr. Trump has deputized to offer all manner of concessions to Ms. Pelosi, lamented that the speaker was “dug in.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
Giuliani has deputized the husband-and-wife team of Martin and Jane Raskin, former federal prosecutors based in Florida, to deal with routine contacts with the Mueller team.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 3, 2018
On this afternoon it’s lunchtime, and Bob has deputized Tina to be his GPS, so she points when it’s time to turn the Mercedes SUV left into the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018
If Bernardine has deputized you to waylay me and utter that nonsensical threat, you may go back and tell her that her clever little plan has failed ignominiously.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Laura Jean Libbey
