ex officio

adjective

Definition of ex officionext
as in certified

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  1. certified
  2. licensed
  3. semiofficial
  4. canonical
Adjective
  • Florida has just 52 certified headache specialists, so for a worker in rural Florida, a diagnosis can mean a lost day’s wages and a long drive.
    — Brian T. Bailey, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The next morning, a West Virginia fisheries official arrived with a certified scale.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of certified
Adjective
  • According to Minnesota authorities, the shooter was a licensed gun owner and used a handgun.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Its Nyköping site already hosts a licensed nuclear facility, while an application for a new nuclear facility at Valdemarsvik was submitted in March 2026.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of licensed
Adjective
  • No causalities were reported, according to Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
    — Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.
    — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of semiofficial
Adjective
  • And has that conversation broadened into a discussion of who gets to translate canonical texts more generally—questions of race, class, and access as well as gender?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The canonical example is Air France flight 447, which fell into the Atlantic in 2009.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of canonical
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