officeholders

plural of officeholder
as in officials
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 officeholders DuVernay says her team approached nearly 300 GOP officeholders, but only a little more than a dozen engaged with them at all. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Why must Illinoisans go to the polls in November, to elect federal and statewide officeholders, then vote again for their mayors and other city officeholders a mere three months later? — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 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 The state constitution bars state officeholders from seeking a different office with a start date more than 30 days before the end of the officeholder's current term. — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 The same energy that helped elect Zohran Mamdani has fueled a string of insurgent victories, knocking off longtime officeholders and helping progress challengers break through in New York and Colorado. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026
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Noun
  • The claim that Ukraine has halted its strikes on energy sites could not be independently verified, but neither Russian officials nor media have reported Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries since the energy truce was announced.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Others spoke of police chokeholds and the grainy footage that showed officers striking King with batons.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Two off-duty California State Parks officers rescued a woman from a burning vehicle Friday morning after a rollover off Highway 70 in Sutter County, officials said.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Officeholders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officeholders. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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