appointed official

collocation in English

meaningsofappointedandofficial

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appointed
adjective
uk
/əˈpɔɪn.tɪd/us
/əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/
officially chosen for a job ...
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official
noun[C]
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
a person who has a position of responsibility in ...
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(Definition ofappointedandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The district auditor is theappointedofficialwho has responsibility for investigating allegations of this nature.
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Everyappointedofficialmust be accountable to the elected authority, which derives from the sovereign people alone.
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A mine or quarry manager leaves these matters too much in the hands of anappointedofficial, who may be under a variety of pressures.
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Such requests have to be accompanied by paperwork and receive proper authorisation from the dulyappointedofficial.
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Some argue that theappointedofficialis freed from the stresses and strains of having to accommodate opinion within his branch or district.
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Why should there be a centrallyappointedofficialwho comes between the people and their buses?
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I was recentlyappointedofficialstretcher-bearer when the campaign group decided that it needed such an office.
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I still ask why a centrallyappointedofficialshould come between the people who have the possibility of that requirement and the bus operators who serve their area.
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Whereas the county council and city council are elected officials who formulate policy, the manager is anappointedofficialwho manages the implementation of policy.
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A sister city, county, or state relationship is officially recognized after the highest elected orappointedofficialfrom both communities sign off on an agreement.
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The provinces were grouped into twelve dioceses, each governed by anappointedofficialcalled a "vicarius", or deputy of the praetorian prefects.
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The fifth member, who chairs the committee, is appointed by the other four and may not be an elected orappointedofficial.
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Nsundi was a royal province, meaning that it was governed, at the king's pleasure, by anappointedofficialon a limited term, often three years.
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Delegation of responsibility is usually decided by the rules of a competition, it is standard practice for professional competitions to use anappointedofficialin place of the referee.
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An elected council of four members and the mayor supervise the city's operations, managed on a day-to-day basis by the city manager, anappointedofficialwho serves at their pleasure.
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For a short time he was a military officer, but soon afterwards wasappointedofficialof the ministry of war.
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