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officeholder

noun

ˈä-fəs-ˌhōl-dər

Definition of officeholder

as in official

a person who holds a public office the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain

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Recent Examples of officeholder The officeholder also serves as president of the State Senate and can cast tie-breaking legislative votes. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Bastian said Rogoff had been the lawful officeholder since his swearing-in. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Both lawsuits seek damages based on a Missouri law that allows lawsuits against the secretary of state if the officeholder neglects their duties. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for officeholder

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Federal officials contend the voters’ citizenship must be verified before their ballots are counted and requested that the ballots be set aside.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026
Last week, a federal appeals court declined to order California officials to set aside those ballots.

— Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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The service's Inspector Jeff Tyre said in a video message that the second body had been found in a search by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and conservation officers on Tuesday afternoon after the discovery of the first set of remains a day earlier.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Brendt Volarvich shot and killed Stevens in November 2005 after the officer pulled him over in rural Yolo County.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of officer

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Questions also remain about the district’s disciplinary investigation, Young’s employment status and what changes, if any, administrators will make to the football program before next season.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Public school district administrators across the county pushed to get the proposition on the ballot, which, if adopted, will add more to county homeowners’ tax burden.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

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