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
The property has a 1,600-square-foot garage/workshop equipped with power and water for the hobbyist or car collector, and a citrus grove with Satsuma mandarins, oranges, limes and lemons.
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
With his thumb, Emil peels a mandarin from his pocket and eats it in two bites.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Indeed, a medium mandarin (about 88 grams) contains roughly 12 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber and just 47 calories.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The limited edition super-candle features green and earthy base notes of cedarwood and green pepper, middle notes of tomato and mandarin, and top notes of fresh basil, black currant and mint.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
With his thumb, Emil peels a mandarin from his pocket and eats it in two bites.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Indeed, a medium mandarin (about 88 grams) contains roughly 12 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber and just 47 calories.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The limited edition super-candle features green and earthy base notes of cedarwood and green pepper, middle notes of tomato and mandarin, and top notes of fresh basil, black currant and mint.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week -- and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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What follows is a story told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and bureaucrats in charge of the nation's nuclear war machine.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Under state law, countywide petitions must be signed by 15% of those who voted for the office of circuit clerk in the most recent general election.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Election Day is only days away and Detroit's City Clerk is urging residents to turn out and cast their ballots for the city's next mayor, City Council members, clerk and more.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The listener is no longer an outsider from the polite world of public broadcasting, or podcasting, but a tired factory worker longing for relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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In Uttar Pradesh, a development initiative provided community health workers with a smartphone app that combined diagnostic and treatment instructions with a client-management program.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Relief also came for DHS employees on Thursday when it was announced that USDA will provide administrative funding for the SNAP program, meaning the state won't furlough 1,500 employees in its Division of County Operations on Friday.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bigelow’s sympathetic eye for her functionaries risks the film being misread as an argument for more robust military funding.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Evil is aided and abetted by the banality of institutions and their functionaries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a post on government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa’s Instagram account, the government said a work-from-home order to civil servants would be extended to Friday.—
Reuters 10 hr ago,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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