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
The forbidden rice added a nice nuttiness and some extra heft, and juicy mandarin sections provided lovely pops of fruity sweetness.
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Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
Ormaie is a French fragrance house helmed by a mother-and-son duo, and its Les Brumes scent is inspired by a misty morning in a citrus field, with fresh notes of lemon, mandarin, ginger, sage, and jasmine.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2025
The opening is this bright, almost juicy citrus moment due to the bergamot and mandarin that feel energizing without being sharp.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Dec. 2025
At the heart is a mix of mandarin rind, cedarwood, and lavender that evokes Aesop’s unmistakable essence of clean, herbal, and grounding.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
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Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
Ormaie is a French fragrance house helmed by a mother-and-son duo, and its Les Brumes scent is inspired by a misty morning in a citrus field, with fresh notes of lemon, mandarin, ginger, sage, and jasmine.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2025
The opening is this bright, almost juicy citrus moment due to the bergamot and mandarin that feel energizing without being sharp.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Dec. 2025
At the heart is a mix of mandarin rind, cedarwood, and lavender that evokes Aesop’s unmistakable essence of clean, herbal, and grounding.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
Noun
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Many city officials and others are furious about what's happening.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Asked about the pending deadline, a White House official told USA TODAY that Trump would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons and involve China in arms control talks.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Goetz understood this disorder not as the product of scant civic resources or state retreat but rather as the result of liberal misrule—do-gooder bureaucrats, failed social programs, and a city that had coddled the undeserving and the criminal.—
Heather Ann Thompson,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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The bureaucrats operating Obamacare couldn’t care less about the taxpayers footing the bill.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
18 Jan. 2026
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Lakeside's previous police chief, who also served as mayor, Robert Gordanaire, was fired after he and his daughter, the town clerk, were indicted by a grand jury for selling vehicles belonging to the town and pocketing the profit.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to prosecutors, Trammell flashed a knife at a store clerk in the Morena neighborhood and then held a homeless man hostage at knifepoint.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Tech giants flourish or falter based on their decisions to overhaul themselves, often leaving tens of thousands of workers to pay the price.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association workers, some of whom don't have power at their own homes, are working 16-hour days to restore electricity in Mississippi.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, in which former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick faces a major snub, and Virginia Commonwealth University fires an employee after ICE videos.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In an environment where most employees already lack the time or energy to do their jobs, treating responsiveness as a core leadership trait doesn’t create momentum.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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More than funding, though, is needed transparency by IDNR functionaries with marina boaters and Winthrop Harbor officials.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their prestige suffers because it is conflated in the public’s mind with long lines at the DMV, fastidious building inspectors, parking tickets—the stuff of local functionaries.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Until 1946, most citizens seeking compensation for a negligent or wrongful act by a civil servant could get it only through a literal act of Congress, case by case.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Even if its opponents see through the junta’s election, with some ethnic armed organizations denouncing the election, the vote could provide reassurance to its own ranks, civil servants, and supporters and shore up morale and discipline within the armed forces.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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