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recess appointments

recess appointments is the plural of recess appointment.

Meaning of recess appointment

Noun

recess appointment (plural recess appointments)

  1. (US) The appointment by the President of the United States of a person to an office that normally requires approval of the United States Senate, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.

Questions about recess appointments

What is recess appointments the plural of?
Recess appointments is the plural of recess appointment.

Words near recess appointments in the dictionary

  1. recertifies
  2. recertify
  3. recertifying
  4. recess
  5. recess appointment
  6. recess appointments
  7. recessable
  8. recessed
  9. recesser
  10. recessers
  11. recesses

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