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It also ordered 10 Singapore-registered firms to appoint assessors to examine their operations.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

A hearing to appoint that therapist is scheduled for Nov. 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The report said the former Chelsea manager had demanded full control of United's transfer policy and stated his intention to appoint his own staff at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The document states that a majority of the seven-member board must be U.S. citizens at all times, and the U.S. government can appoint one “non-voting observer” to join the group.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I’ll talk with my coordinator and see if she will appoint me to their case.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

The council recommends; the General Assembly, representing all 193 member states, appoints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Under Morocco's constitution, the king appoints the head of government from the party that comes first in elections to the House of Representatives.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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 decline before the court appoints you, you simply do not file a petition for letters testamentary.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Then Mittelstaedt makes them practise skirmishing, and as a favour appoints Kantorek squad leader.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero became the first Latina to occupy that role when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed her in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Graham was appointed to fill the seat in July after the sudden death of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, a move that won support from President Donald Trump.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It appointed director Victor Mandel as its new CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Long was appointed to the CFO role in October following a 2024 advisory committee recommendation that Super Micro bring in new financial leadership.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Gran stared at me as if I’d asked whether aliens had just landed on Earth and appointed Garfield as the new purrsident of the United States, with Snoopy as his VP.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Other definitions that made the dictionary's 10-strong shortlist included ghost job, something frustrated jobseekers will be familiar with - when an employer posts a position with no intention of appointing someone.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The administration should then seize this emerging opportunity by appointing a board for the Virgin Islands in tandem with reopening the refinery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Authorities initially declined to press charges, but the investigation was reopened Monday, with New York Governor Kathy Hochul later appointing the state's top prosecutor to see it through.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Sparks says she wants a new approach, appointing a first-ever head of local product creation for China at the vice-president level, who will report to her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Groves originally had considered appointing Lawrence to head the bomb lab but decided to leave him in place overseeing the crucial electromagnetic separation work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik