appropriator
Example Sentences
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“What you really get as appropriations chair is hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks,” a fellow congressional appropriator told me, “not what everybody else gets.”
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
In her infamous Brisbane speech, Shriver hailed the novelist as cultural appropriator par excellence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the veteran Maryland Democrat and senior appropriator, stood to challenge Ms. Boebert, who is in her second term.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
“We can in no way pass 11 bills in eight days,” said Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat appropriator, referring to the number of bills Congress would have to approve before Sept. 30.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
The appropriator of the tale had a wide reputation in the West, and was exceedingly popular.
From Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain
