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
Their go-to picks include easy handheld items like mandarins, veggie chips, yogurt drinks, Babybel cheese and string cheese snacks that travel well between sports, dance and days at the pool.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 July 2025
Squeeze some clementine or tangerine or mandarin juice over everything.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Clementines This flavorful fruit—a hybrid between a mandarin and a sweet orange—is one of Haar’s favorite choices for a nutrient-dense snack or even dessert.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 13 June 2025
Their 2022 has aromas of lemon blossom, almond flowers, mandarin, and green apple with a whiff of sandalwood incense.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 July 2025
Squeeze some clementine or tangerine or mandarin juice over everything.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Clementines This flavorful fruit—a hybrid between a mandarin and a sweet orange—is one of Haar’s favorite choices for a nutrient-dense snack or even dessert.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 13 June 2025
Their 2022 has aromas of lemon blossom, almond flowers, mandarin, and green apple with a whiff of sandalwood incense.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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Israel's assault on Gaza since October 2023 has killed over 64,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, while internally displacing almost all Gaza's population, and set off a starvation crisis.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Polish officials said Russian drones pierced their airspace 19 times from late Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Besides Japanese bureaucrats and businessmen, the local Taiwanese elite flocked to photo studios as well.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
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But what other, more-restrictive standard could Treasury use that doesn’t risk running afoul of the statutory guidance based on a bureaucrat’s subjective judgment?—
Ben Ritz,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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His teenage son, John Wesley, worked as a clerk who tuned stringed instruments.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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The application goes to the city clerk and then gets sent to The Citizen Advisory Committee on the Naming of Streets.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rural farmers could receive payments, urban workers could send money home and millions joined the formal economy for the first time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Al Jazeera employees even reportedly work with the terrorist group to identify protesters.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP What To Know The Secret Service has launched an internal review into the screening failure on August 31, and the employee responsible for searching the guest's bag has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that review, the agency said.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since then, there have been many more arrests—especially of regional functionaries at various levels.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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But this newsletter is more focused on how Trump and his fawning functionaries speak about and for him.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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What’s most important, both men say, is to allow the career civil servants at BLS to carry out their jobs.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, Liu Yuliang, a civil servant in Xinjiang, was ordered to the home of a young police officer in his village.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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