as in official
a worker in a government agency
the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms
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Recent Examples of mandarin
Pair with a juicy duck cooked in its own fat and garnished with mandarin slices, quinoa, a touch of soy, sea salt and cilantro, and with a dollop of foie gras on the top.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Burgundian style mouthful that is decadently soft and oily on the cheeks, semi peppery, with creamy mandarin flavors on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Bold and confident, the fruity floral features mandarin, pink pepper, coconut milk, vanilla cream, jasmine and orange flower.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The mélange of juicy pear, fresh gardenia, and mandarin is sweet as can be, and a hint of rose and cedarwood add some depth without using the charming youthfulness.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Burgundian style mouthful that is decadently soft and oily on the cheeks, semi peppery, with creamy mandarin flavors on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Bold and confident, the fruity floral features mandarin, pink pepper, coconut milk, vanilla cream, jasmine and orange flower.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The mélange of juicy pear, fresh gardenia, and mandarin is sweet as can be, and a hint of rose and cedarwood add some depth without using the charming youthfulness.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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When efforts to repurpose it as a museum or hotel didn’t materialize, Okaloosa County officials stepped in with a forward-thinking plan: turn the SS United States into a reef teeming with life, a win-win boon to the marine environment and to eco-tourism.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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City officials amplified the advisory with a New York City air quality alert of its own.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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These states recognize the unique needs of each student and that parents, not government bureaucrats, are best positioned to determine those needs and choose a school that best fits their student.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Despite all of his ambition as a reformer, Francis often had to battle a secret internecine war with Vatican bureaucrats who tried undermining his efforts.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s relationship with the judiciary has been strained by recent rulings involving immigration and the firing of federal workers.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Mental health workers in small towns find such promises hard to trust after seeing local services come and go for years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Sikes is survived by his wife, Amber, who is also an employee of the sheriff’s office in Columbia County, Georgia.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Still, for Black federal employees, trying to advance through the ranks of the civil service can be a bumpy road.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2025
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Unlike the party functionaries picked previously, all three grew up in the labor movement.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The play drew on the verbatim testimony of SS officers, Nazi functionaries and camp survivors, to reconstruct the genocidal horror in harrowing, undeniable detail.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Reaction to those cuts has focused understandably on the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so and the harm that millions of people could suffer as a result of the shuttering of aid programs.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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