as in officials
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 mandarins
Happy tidings for those seeking satsuma mandarins, Hokkaido cream puffs and instant yakisoba.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
On Sunday, a troop of Boy Scouts helped cart mandarins to festival-goers who had purchased bags of sweet fruit.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Combining this benefit with their low-calorie content makes mandarins a helpful tool for healthy weight management.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Even the tonic is homemade with mandarins and blood oranges, so stopping in for a refreshing drink is well worth it.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
On Sunday, a troop of Boy Scouts helped cart mandarins to festival-goers who had purchased bags of sweet fruit.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Combining this benefit with their low-calorie content makes mandarins a helpful tool for healthy weight management.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Even the tonic is homemade with mandarins and blood oranges, so stopping in for a refreshing drink is well worth it.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarins
Noun
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Federal officials said Good attempted to drive her vehicle toward agents during the encounter, a claim disputed by family members and some local leaders.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Both men were dressed in dark clothing, officials said.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Likewise, empowering state bureaucrats to value individual portfolios – which are often illiquid and not easy to value – is textbook government bloat, something national voters have no tolerance for.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Removing those financial incentives would allow care to be organized around quality and access rather than distorting care into forms most favored by bureaucrats.—
Tomas J. Philipson,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Universities have long balked at the idea that their athletes are employees in some way.—
ANDREW DESTIN,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Her family later learned that on April 23, 2021 — the day Parker found his aunt in a bleak mood — Dee had an angry confrontation over financial issues with two employees of the trucking company.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Proposal 5 was actually a bit of skilled electoral craft on the part of the city’s map functionaries.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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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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The most recent complaint against Merriam asserts that clerks have begun leaving Merriam’s staff or declining employment because of concern about mistreatment.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
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But the recent complaint from the Legal Accountability Project suggests that the concerns of clerks on the Second Circuit persist.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2025
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That measure, pushed by SEIU-UHW, a labor union representing many of the state’s health care workers, would impose a 5% tax on people with $1 billion or more in assets.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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An analysis by the National Association of Home Builders estimates tens of thousands of homes aren't being completed because there aren't enough workers.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mandarins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarins. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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