appoint
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Progress continues among Israel, the U.A.E. and Bahrain, and Israel and Morocco agreed Wednesday to resume direct flights, appoint ambassadors and turn their diplomatic missions into full embassies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
McGovern said the government would "appoint a dementia tsar, backed with real expertise".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Reform is likely to appoint Helen Jenner to take over from Dan Thomas as the party's Welsh leader, sources have told BBC Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
If you are concerned, you can also set up a dual power of attorney — that is, appoint two or more people as your agents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
His father had provided an illustration of the Ptolemaic cosmos in which the outermost sphere was labelled ‘Here the learned do appoint the habitacle of God and the Elect.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Gov. Gavin Newsom, an ex officio regent who appoints 18 of the 26 board members, has not taken a position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
If you die while a named child is still a minor, the account is frozen until a court appoints a guardian.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Najmi leads the Mayor’s committee that appoints judges to city courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The paper says Burnham is yet to reach a decision but reports that he wants to avoid appearing "factional" as he appoints his cabinet.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Caroline appoints me official art director of the paper chain, which means I’m going to have to do most of it and supervise the rest.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed her to the Kennedy Center board in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Claudio Ranieri lasted just 106 days in charge, while Felix Magath was sacked in September 2014, albeit having been appointed the previous season.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Why was he appointed to this role and made substantive from an active role?
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In corporate news, Warren Buffett stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and appointed his son Howard to succeed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Picking up weapons that lay close to paw they assembled at their appointed posts to await further orders.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The former is specific to life-sustaining decisions, while the latter is a more far-reaching document overseeing a range of decisions like appointing a healthcare agent and deciding on hospital choices or even nursing homes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Dish argued that appointing a trustee would introduce significant disruption and cost to the case and exacerbate liquidity pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The act itself — appointing a crony and longtime friend to an important government job — was not unusual.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Did it fail to adequately check Arday's credentials when appointing him, and did it defend that decision because of an institutional push to position itself as more diverse?
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eisenhower soon launched an initiative to do that “something,” appointing Harold Stassen as his special assistant for disarmament in March 1955.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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