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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A political appointment of a government official made by the US president while Congress is in recess.
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- noun US, law The appointment by the
President of theUnited States of a person to anoffice that normally requiresapproval of the United StatesSenate , but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.
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