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
Koala Eco’s Natural Multi-Purpose cleaner banishes stubborn condiment stains and leaves a fragrant mandarin scent.
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Kristin Corpuz, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026
The food, half oranges, one-third grapefruit and the rest mandarins, is to be distributed to food banks and nutrition assistance programs.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Calamondin oranges, a cross between a kumquat and mandarin, taste tart like lemons and limes and make a great substitute for them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
The forbidden rice added a nice nuttiness and some extra heft, and juicy mandarin sections provided lovely pops of fruity sweetness.
—Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
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Kristin Corpuz, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026
The food, half oranges, one-third grapefruit and the rest mandarins, is to be distributed to food banks and nutrition assistance programs.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Calamondin oranges, a cross between a kumquat and mandarin, taste tart like lemons and limes and make a great substitute for them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
The forbidden rice added a nice nuttiness and some extra heft, and juicy mandarin sections provided lovely pops of fruity sweetness.
—Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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Two injured residents, a 25-year-old mother with severe burns and a 2-year-old child with serious injuries, were transported to hospitals, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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The organization works with law enforcement and other officials to find missing children, including publishing age-progression images.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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Education decisions belong with parents, not bureaucrats.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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When Vance attended the annual Munich Security Conference as a first-term senator, in 2024, he got fed up with the European Union bureaucrats and took off early to reconnect with Dreher, who had come from Budapest, over beer and sausages.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The conservatorship ended in 2021, according to the outlet, which cited confirmation from a clerk for the Los Angeles Superior Court.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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West, in an interview Monday, said the arrangement keeps each party in charge of its primary and avoids friction that has occurred when clerks from different parties worked side by side.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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First, famed filmmaker James Cameron endorsed Paramount, saying a Netflix takeover would lead to massive job losses in the entertainment industry, which is already reeling from a production slowdown in Southern California that has disrupted the lives of thousands of film industry workers.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Relatives can give up to $5,000 per year to the accounts, and companies can give their employees and employees' children $2,500.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Zalando prize money helped Gassanoff pay his rent, keep his one employee and two interns, produce the next collection, and compensate the artisans who made it.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 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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The government has yet to appoint a chair to lead the commission, which has not formed investigative teams and will initially be run by civil servants assigned to receive and register cases.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Brown, who has taken a leading role in demanding accountability for Britons with ties to Epstein, sent letters to six police forces suggesting that civil servants be questioned about Mountbatten-Windsor’s decade as a trade envoy, before he was forced to step down in 2011.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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