EX OFFICIO Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

ex officio

adjective

Definition of ex officio

as in certified

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Adjective

Ecosystem players should function as force multipliers so that speed can translate into certified, scalable output, not just faster prototypes.

— Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
After returning to Oregon, Phelps and other certified Airmen trained the rest of the weapons team ahead of the Mountain Home mission.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of certified

Adjective

Opening day shoppers told IndyStar the low prices, trendy styles and comprehensive line of licensed merchandise from the Indiana Pacers to Disney intellectual property made Primark a must stop.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 24 July 2026
Newsom’s signing of the bill into law last week raises the enrollment cap for the program from 15% of California’s licensed drivers to 60% — making as many as 21 million Californian’s eligible to participate.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of licensed

Adjective

Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency said a Qatari delegation visited Iran in what analyst said appears to be an effort by Doha to consolidate its role as a mediator.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 July 2026
Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, claimed Wednesday that Bloomberg’s version had missing portions, without offering a full accounting.

— Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Definition of semiofficial

Adjective

In canonical abuse investigations, victims are mere third-party witnesses to their cases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
The situation began to change when the novelist Stewart O’Nan published an influential essay in the Boston Review in 1999, arguing for Yates as a canonical American author.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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