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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 Bass had also left the deputy mayor of public safety position vacant after the former officeholder fabricated a bomb threat against City Hall. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 But Wong said ministers and other political officeholders will not immediately move to the new salary benchmark. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 An array of state and local officeholders divvies up the governance of schools, which means none of them is truly accountable for outcomes. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2026 The association is using the $7 million to back officeholders in Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Texas and Republican candidates in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Wisconsin. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for officeholder

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Minneapolis officials estimated the crackdown’s economic cost at nearly $700 million.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Russia's round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 others, officials said Monday.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

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Bass is particularly concerned by the relative lack of specialized intervention training for patrol officers who respond to the vast majority of service calls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The officer instead advised her to go through the proper channels to start the eviction process.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

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At a press conference on Monday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the space capsule will head to the International Space Station (ISS) on an uncrewed test flight as soon as December—a technical step back for the multi-billion-dollar initiative.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
The support page is meant for IT administrators, and mainly reiterates what Google already announced, including regular updates and security patches for ChromeOS through mid-2034.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

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