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
Notes of ripe, fresh mangoes, fragrant mandarins, and blood oranges, and undertones of lemon leaf spark energy and invigoration.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
All of its radiance-granting powers are effectively put towards a scent that comes alive with glowy warmth, courtesy of the mandarin, magnolia, coconut, sandalwood, and other ingredients found within.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Koala Eco’s Natural Multi-Purpose cleaner banishes stubborn condiment stains and leaves a fragrant mandarin scent.
—Kristin Corpuz, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026
The food, half oranges, one-third grapefruit and the rest mandarins, is to be distributed to food banks and nutrition assistance programs.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
All of its radiance-granting powers are effectively put towards a scent that comes alive with glowy warmth, courtesy of the mandarin, magnolia, coconut, sandalwood, and other ingredients found within.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
Koala Eco’s Natural Multi-Purpose cleaner banishes stubborn condiment stains and leaves a fragrant mandarin scent.
—Kristin Corpuz, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2026
The food, half oranges, one-third grapefruit and the rest mandarins, is to be distributed to food banks and nutrition assistance programs.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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The family on Wednesday filed a wrongful-death claim against the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging school officials failed to investigate reports of bullying, adequately supervise student interactions or implement effective safety measures.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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In Lebanon and parts of Syria, Israel detonated thousands of pagers of Hezbollah officials and bombed the group’s headquarters in southern Beirut, killing its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Playing fast and loose with federal funds could reflect an issue within a singular agency — inadequate leadership, bad direction or rogue bureaucrats, for example.—
Steve Arentz,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Trump is the one person who can stop this proposal with one word to the federal bureaucrats who put forth this plan.—
Shane Weddle,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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The computer rendered the data entry clerk, the switchboard operator, and file clerks obsolete.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mackinac Island's tourist season is mainly from May through October, and the island needs about 5,000 seasonal workers each year to work as baristas, front desk attendants, wait staff, retail clerks and housekeepers.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The rupture occurred as the agency was wrapping up major infrastructure upgrades at the facility, injuring one worker and prompting a Yuba River conservation group to report that hundreds, and possibly thousands, of young Chinook salmon were stranded and died in the rocks along the shore.—
Chaewon Chung
March 13,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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They got married, had a daughter, and moved out of the housing that Looney was required to provide to his foreign workers into their own house on Route 61, the famous blues highway.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Those employees, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retribution, described being asked a wide range of questions about government contracts and campaign donations.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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The new firm, as is being redefined by AI, is a much smaller corpus of full-time employees, because those are the least flexible workers in your talent pool.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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More than funding, though, is needed transparency by IDNR functionaries with marina boaters and Winthrop Harbor officials.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their prestige suffers because it is conflated in the public’s mind with long lines at the DMV, fastidious building inspectors, parking tickets—the stuff of local functionaries.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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There are cash shortages, and the salaries for civil servants haven’t been paid out, even for many Houthi fighters.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs, Vietnam is encouraging workers to log in from home, and the Philippines is pushing for a four-day work week.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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