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 Tropical Bloom blends a citrusy mandarin, kiwi and a passion fruit.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The Pre Wash Scalp Oil is also infused with amber, cashmere musk, lemon and mandarin leaving a subtle fragrance that’s equal parts cozy and sparkling.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025
Well balanced flavors in a slightly textured but also creamy mid palate that include guava, mandarins, pineapple and some honey.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Subtle and syrupy first nose, followed by aromas of honey dew melon as well as honey, limes, guava and mandarins.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The Pre Wash Scalp Oil is also infused with amber, cashmere musk, lemon and mandarin leaving a subtle fragrance that’s equal parts cozy and sparkling.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025
Well balanced flavors in a slightly textured but also creamy mid palate that include guava, mandarins, pineapple and some honey.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Subtle and syrupy first nose, followed by aromas of honey dew melon as well as honey, limes, guava and mandarins.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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So which immigration officials are in Los Angeles and what is their purpose here? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Have U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials been in Los Angeles?—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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The backdrop to the Capitol drama is that, with rents and real estate prices at sky-high levels, Connecticut officials cannot agree on the best ways to generate more affordable housing.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
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Here's the truth: pushing subsidies out of the income tax system and into the hands of bureaucrats is an inefficient way to energize economic activity.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Joe Carollo spent decades earning his reputation as a political brawler, clashing with Miami bureaucrats and raising the specter of leftist politics and communist ties to get his way.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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On Friday evening, a week after the Tribune reported that ICE subpoenaed the clerk’s office for personal information of applicants to the ID program that is often used by noncitizens, the city clerk took down the online application for CityKey.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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For more information, visit the website or email the city clerk’s office at cityclerk@cupertino.gov.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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Unifor had fired back that DHL is not one of the top four express package delivery companies in Canada, and that DHL workers represent fewer than 0.7 percent of all local delivery workers and less than 15 percent of all courier workers in the country.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 June 2025
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Abrego Garcia worked as a construction worker in Maryland before his deportation in March, living with his wife and three children.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The median of the total annual compensation of all Meta employees other than Zuckerberg was $417,400 last year.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Texas has now already surpassed New York as the largest base of its workers with 30,000 employees there, and with another 15,000 based in Miami.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Previously, Abbas had served as a longtime PLO functionary, acting as the group’s foreign emissary and fundraiser.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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This economic history argues that America’s prosperity is the product not of an undisturbed free market but, rather, of the hard work of functionaries.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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But public interest lawyers and government watchdogs say their experience stands apart as an example of how callously civil servants who have dedicated their professional lives to public service have been treated.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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Lelong was working as a lawyer and a civil servant at the Conseil d’État in Paris when French art dealer Aimé Maeght asked him to help with the legal formation of the Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation, France’s inaugural contemporary art foundation and museum.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 June 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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