Definition of semiofficial
: having some official authority or standing
Updated on: 16 Apr 2018
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The semiofficial Fars news agency initially said that three were members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but the report was later withdrawn without explanation.
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South Korea’s semiofficial Yonhap news agency reported that Washington’s former ambassador to Seoul, Kathleen Stephens, would attend.
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The semiofficial Fars News Agency said a Sufi follower rammed a bus into police officers, killing three of them before being arrested late Monday.
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Some skinheads from Blood & Honor America, a semiofficial affiliate of the legendary British white power music label Blood & Honour, suddenly tore into the field in a pickup, and Matthew Heimbach was among them.
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An internal study produced in 2013 showed that semiofficial state bodies owned seven of the 17 private banks.
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Iranian ex-vice president gets 63 years in prison: The semiofficial Iranian Students News Agency said a former vice president has been sentenced to 63 years in prison over misuse of public funds while in office.
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CEO Satya Nadella details his effort to spark a renaissance at Microsoft in a book that combines semiofficial company history, memoir and rumination on the state of technology and society.
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As is their pledge not to tolerate any semiofficial support or private donations.
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First Known Use of semiofficial
1806
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