ex officio

Definition of ex officionext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ex officio
Adjective
  • According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), TLC is the second-biggest-selling female group behind The Chicks, with 23 million certified units.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Farmworkers are at particular risk, which has led the EPA to require special training for certified applicators of paraquat.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • In an unexpected pairing, a 1979 Basquiat painting is displayed beside dresses created through a licensed collaboration between the Basquiat estate and fashion label Alice + Olivia.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • How that T-shirt and billions of other licensed products land on the shelf is actually a lot more complicated than that.
    David Born, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Shared by Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, the pictures show that the rooves of the facilities have collapsed although the walls remain intact.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • The work interweaves South and Southeast Asian mythologies and histories with Western cultural touchstones—from canonical artists to sacred texts—often with a deliberate sense of unease.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
  • The canonical examples are handmade luxury items like Hermès bags.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
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“Ex officio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ex%20officio. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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