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appoint

verb as in assign responsibility; decide

verb as in furnish

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Before Thune defeated two of his colleagues to win the leadership post, Trump said on social media that he wanted the new Senate leaders to push his nominees through using recess appointments, where the Senate would declare itself closed for business for 10 days so the president can appoint a Cabinet secretary for the remainder of the two-year session.

But for the most part, Trump was popular enough to be on track to win in 2020 because he did fairly standard Republican things like cut taxes, slash regulations, and appoint originalist judges.

From Slate

Mr Jones said the post had been advertised three times but so far it had "not been possible to make a permanent appointment" and arrangements to appoint a head teacher on a temporary basis were under way.

From BBC

With a Stake logo on many of his website’s viral posts, maybe the Phantom of Mar-a-Lago and his host will never appoint someone anti-business enough to throw the hammer down soon.

From Slate

President Joe Biden chose to appoint a retired four-star general, Secretary Lloyd Austin, who served as the commander of US Central Command and faced some criticism from lawmakers for not informing the White House about undergoing medical procedures while in office.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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