Deputy is an English word with synonyms like supporter or help. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Deputy in a sentence
Deputy meaning
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
Synonyms of Deputy
Using Deputy
- The main meaning on this page is: One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. | A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners. | The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
- Useful related words include: deputy sheriff, surrogate, legislator, supporter.
- In the example corpus, deputy often appears in combinations such as: the deputy, and deputy, deputy chief.
Example sentences (20)
Those at the dinner included the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, Abdullahi Yahaya – Majority Leader, Ajayi Borofice – Deputy Leader, Orji Uzor Kalu – Chief Whip and Sabi Abdullahi – Deputy Chief Whip.
Based upon the audio of the first deputy who made contact with my brother, that deputy was also not responding to any calls about anyone “running in and out of traffic,” so there was no basis to stop my brother other than what that deputy saw.
Also attending the special session with Baharav-Miara were State Attorney Amit Aisman (the head of the prosecution), Police Deputy Chief of Investigations and Intelligence Yoav Talem and Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon.
But, Musa Ebomhiana, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Deputy Governor, when contacted, denied knowledge of any plan to relocate the office of the deputy governor outside the Government House.
Councillor Peter Lee has been named deputy mayor of Dudley for the next 12 months, his wife Gloria will be deputy mayoress.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tawyna Rawlings is sitting at the table along with Madison County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Spencer Rammell.
Deputy Quinlivan hit back that the Northern Distributor Road will be delivered by Sinn Féin in government “or anyone else, except Deputy Ryan as Minister”.
He said: “If I were to be in CBN now as Deputy Governor (Operations), all these would have fallen under my purview because it is the currency management directorate of CBN that handles it, which was under me as the CBN deputy governor.
He suggested that PN name Dr Ahmad Samsuri deputy opposition leader, to shadow the two deputy prime ministers in Mr Anwar’s cabinet.
In Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and his deputy, Dr Ipalibo Banigo, will enjoy generous benefits after leaving office as provided in the Rivers State Pensions for Governor and Deputy Governor Law, 2012.
Kim Clinkunbroomer, the mother of slain Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer and Brittany Lindsey, the fiancee of slain Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, speaks to ABC News in an exclusive interview.
Meanwhile, Verkhovna Rada deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Financial Committee Yaroslav Zheleznyak added that next year, Kyiv expects to receive about $2 billion from Tokyo.
Misuari’s eldest son, Abdulkarim, is one of eight Deputy Speakers in the BTA; Sema’s eldest son, Omar Yasser, who was in the first BTA, is also a Deputy Speaker.
The body of Deputy John Durm was silently escorted through downtown Indianapolis alongside dozens of fellow officers – paying their respects to the fallen Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy who was killed earlier today by a prisoner attempting to escape.
The delegations were headed by Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Nazaruk and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bobur Usmanov of Uzbekistan.
The department’s existing policy says head strikes can be used only when the inmate is assaulting the deputy or when the deputy is threatened with serious injury and there is no other means to control the inmate.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the university, Prof. Adedeji Daramola, stated this in a statement on Wednesday by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Marketing of the institution, Dr Elvis Otobo.
The party also zoned the Deputy Senate Presidency to the North West and Deputy Speakership to the South East.
The Rev Rhys Jones, a deputy county grand chaplain, will give the address, with Rev Nigel Kane and Rev Raymond Kelly (both deputy county grand chaplains) also taking part, alongside Andrew Moore, Lay Chaplain Magherafelt District.
We must also remember that our excuse as a nation for abolishing the position of a deputy minister was that deputy ministers were a drain on the Treasury and had no clear job description.
Common combinations with deputy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the deputy 64×
- and deputy 28×
- deputy chief 22×
- deputy governor 18×
- as deputy 18×
- deputy speaker 16×
- deputy mayor 15×
- deputy director 15×
- deputy minister 13×
- deputy commissioner 13×