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
The property has a 1,600-square-foot garage/workshop equipped with power and water for the hobbyist or car collector, and a citrus grove with Satsuma mandarins, oranges, limes and lemons.
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 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
David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 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
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Several people were being treated at the scene after being knocked to the ground and trampled as those in the crowd ran for cover, CNN affiliate KYW reported, citing officials.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Several trust officials did not immediately respond to email or cellphone messages Friday seeking comment.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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What follows is a story told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and bureaucrats in charge of the nation's nuclear war machine.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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As of December 2019, prior to the pandemic, the company had 798,000 total employees, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Disney Entertainment co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro sent a memo to company employees Friday morning regarding YouTube TV’s blackout.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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Evil is aided and abetted by the banality of institutions and their functionaries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When Burnett was a senior at McGavock High School, her boyfriend's father — Metro Council Member Mansfield Douglas III, a close friend of Tennessean editor John Seigenthaler — told her the newsroom was looking for copy clerks.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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These are post offices, clerks of court, libraries, and local government offices.—
Michelle Baran,
AFAR Media,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her remains were discovered about 15 miles away a few weeks later by construction workers.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Mandarins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarins. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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