Appointed
Appointed adjective - Selected for a job.
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Preferred and appointed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preferred" instead the word "Appointed" as an adjective or a verb.
Preferred
Preferred adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
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Appointed and preferred are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appointed" instead the word "Preferred" as an adjective or a verb.
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In June 2010, Vince McMahon appointed a new Raw General Manager "who [preferred] to stay anonymous" and thus relayed all his orders through a laptop computer seated next to the announcer table.
Source: Wrestling / WWE Raw -
King's blood is her preferred type, and she uses a very broad definition of "king"; the blood of illegitimate children seems to work just as well as legitimate, the blood of the self-appointed King Beyond the Wall of the wildlings works as well as that of hereditary southern kings.
Source: Blood Magic - The Devil's Advocate may have been appointed to provide this viewpoint, or may be stalling for time, but in the truest sense of the trope is attempting to leave the argument having settled on the best possible result, even if that result is different from their preferred result.
Source: Devil's Advocate
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