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He remains eighth in the line of succession and could, theoretically, be one of the royal clan called to deputize for the monarch if he fell seriously sick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Do we deputize our law clerks as historians?

From Slate ● May 14, 2024

I hope to follow in her footsteps, and I hereby deputize readers to become ageism stigma busters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

“I would expect William increasingly to deputize for Charles in undertaking those overseas trips, as he’s already started to do.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022

"I deputize you to do the kissin' for me," he said to Parenthesis, who had laid his hand shoulder to detain him.

From The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama by Edmund Day

The Bank Secrecy Act, enacted in 1970, essentially deputizes banks to act as the first line of defense against money laundering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

The Pulitzer Prize winner even deputizes her on-page doppelgänger to hire her protagonist at an unnamed Minneapolis bookstore that sounds a lot like the one Erdrich owns in real life.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

Assistant Dino Toppmöller deputizes on the touchline and said Nagelsmann is closely involved with the tactics.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

Wade, also deputizes private citizens to sue offenders for at least $10,000.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021

This leader has an assistant or lieutenant to whom he deputizes great power.

From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

In Sophocles, Antigone, Oedipus’ headstrong daughter, defies the edict issued by her uncle Creon, the newly deputized king, declaring that her slain brother Polynices is an enemy of the state and therefore ineligible for burial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Blakeman has also chartered a militia, hiring and deputized armed citizens for mobilization during emergency declarations.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

It is a deputized state law enforcement agency of nearly 80 individuals tasked with preventing theft by checking that brands match their registered owners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, deputized him as the top Republican on the Senate’s border security subcommittee.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

I was thus deputized to take the letter to Dr. Moroka.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Houser went on to explain that there are a few different permutations of deputization the administration could pursue, including deputizing National Guard troops or local law enforcement before they start using private contractors.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

“They are a triple act,” he said, with the queen deputizing when needed.

From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022

As she recovered from a fall, my fiercely independent mother-in-law apologized to her children for deputizing them with the task of cleaning out the family home.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

For years, the FAA has relied on Boeing employees to certify the airworthiness of planes by deputizing some company employees to act on behalf of the agency.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Mike was becoming accustomed to deputizing for the cashier for short spaces of time.

From Psmith in the City by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse