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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Members of the Marine Corps could start arriving in the Los Angeles area as soon as Tuesday, a defense official told CBS News.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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The suit claims that (airport) officials implemented ad hoc restrictions without public notice or justification, including an undocumented policy that selectively limited the number of Boeing 757-200 aircraft permitted on the ground per day.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
10 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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All the affected homeowners allegedly were sent a six-page flier with the details of the new plan and a protest form on page 6 that could be cut out, filled in and snail-mailed to the city clerk’s office.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
14 June 2025
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The poop is dry and hard enough so that for ant species that don’t have indoor toilet chambers, the workers can just kick the poop out of the nest.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2025
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As startup businesses morph into scaleups, their key employees gain experience and start to develop business ideas of their own.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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The Winter Park Playhouse employee marched against Trump when he was first elected in 2016.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 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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There is a vast tide of Imperial functionaries, from soldiers to bureaucrats to technicians, all conforming to survive the predations of the Emperor’s whims.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2025
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Like other civil servants, immigration judges can't be fired because of their politics.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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