Thesaurus results for OFFICEHOLDERS

officeholders

noun

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 The general election determines officeholders for statewide positions, including for the Georgia governor and lieutenant governor, both of which have no incumbents running. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 9 June 2026 Two other Republican statewide officeholders — Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and Secretary of State Scott Schwab — are also competing for the nomination. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026 But voters will also be electing a slew of statewide officeholders as well who will serve in Sacramento alongside the new governor. —

Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Numerous Democratic officeholders raised questions about whether Colbert was axed for political reasons. —

Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Impeaching rogue Texas district attorneys Abbott said all Texas officeholders are subject to impeachment proceedings except for one office. —

Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Texas colleges and universities have lined up notable speakers for their graduating classes this month — including athletes, authors, public officeholders and industry leaders. —

Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026 Cook County Circuit Court judges must be more prepared than ever to have their decisions, especially those affecting pretrial detention in violent-crime cases, subject to the same sort of scrutiny mayors, governors and other officeholders receive. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026 Initially, the white Democrats who ruled the South responded to the rise of Black political power by crafting racist narratives that insinuated that the emergence of Black voters and Black officeholders was a corruption of the proper political order. —

Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026

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Federal immigration officials are urging New York authorities not to release a 59-year-old Salvadoran national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on Long Island, warning that he should be turned over to ICE if released from local custody.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
But recently, public health officials have raised alarms about a component of the leaf called 7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as 7-OH, an alkaloid that has the potential for abuse and addiction in high doses.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026