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
With his thumb, Emil peels a mandarin from his pocket and eats it in two bites.
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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
Sunny Is a Feeling features bergamot, mandarin, grapefruit, tonka bean, cedarwood and vetiver.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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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
Sunny Is a Feeling features bergamot, mandarin, grapefruit, tonka bean, cedarwood and vetiver.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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He Weidong, China’s number two general, and navy admiral Miao Hua, the Chinese military’s former top political officer, are the latest senior military officials to be targeted in a campaign against corruption in the People’s Liberation Army.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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In a letter obtained by PEOPLE that was sent to students and faculty in the Neshaminy School District, officials confirmed Duffy's death.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Their innovation is to replace the demagogue’s roar with the bureaucrat’s moral superiority.—
Alexis Coe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Amid the aftermath, as aid groups and Taliban bureaucrats were assisting those injured and left homeless by the earthquake, other Taliban officials twice suspended most internet and cellular reception throughout Afghanistan, complicating aid efforts.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Hernandez, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, confessed soon after his brother-in-law told detectives the store clerk may have been a suspect, The New York Times reported.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Anyone with court business is directed to contact the appropriate clerk’s office to find out what is still operating.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
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And the policies are projected to have far-ranging effects on most areas of business, including a potential loss of hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers in sectors like information and educational and health services.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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His focus on worker satisfaction drew loyalty in-house and exasperation from Wall Street.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nestlé announces layoffs Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil announced in a LinkedIn post on Thursday that the company is laying off more than 16,000 employees—mostly white-collar positions—to cut costs.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 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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The actress is clearly relishing the opportunity to deliver Aaron Sorkin’s barbed dialogue (though perhaps not as much as Philip Seymour Hoffman, who steals the show as an explosive CIA functionary).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Prospect also has civil servant members across a variety of government departments.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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The government has also followed through on Vought’s earlier threat to fire a massive number of civil servants if the shutdown were not averted.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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