field officer
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps of the rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major compare company officer, general officer
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Moreover, the department’s new approval process has led to a bottleneck: A field officer said HUD staff have recently had to ask complainants for damages worksheets to justify agreements that have been awaiting signatures from headquarters for months.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 1 Oct. 2025
He was briefed on conditions in the facility by an ICE deputy field officer and a CoreCivic warden.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Department of Homeland Security policy states that individuals under 14 are generally exempt from DNA collection, but field officers have the discretion to collect DNA in some circumstances.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, Wired News, 29 May 2025
Most of the people who carried the devices that exploded were probably field officers, the local linchpins for cells of fighters who make up the backbone of Hezbollah’s forces.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 1 Oct. 2025
He was briefed on conditions in the facility by an ICE deputy field officer and a CoreCivic warden.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Department of Homeland Security policy states that individuals under 14 are generally exempt from DNA collection, but field officers have the discretion to collect DNA in some circumstances.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, Wired News, 29 May 2025
Most of the people who carried the devices that exploded were probably field officers, the local linchpins for cells of fighters who make up the backbone of Hezbollah’s forces.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for field officer
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“Field officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20officer. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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