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 Numerous Democratic officeholders raised questions about whether Colbert was axed for political reasons. —

Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 The general election determines officeholders for statewide positions, including for Georgia governor and lieutenant governor, both of which have no incumbents running. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 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 Weber has backing from several statewide officeholders, including Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Treasurer Fiona Ma. —

Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Citizenship should not function as a political tool wielded by temporary officeholders seeking to alter the electorate’s demographics. —

Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

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Los Angeles police are investigating the fatal stabbing of actor James Handy, who officials said was killed by his girlfriend’s son Wednesday at a home in Tarzana.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
Last month, senior Moscow officials attended the inauguration of a war memorial complex in Pyongyang, where soldiers fighting for Russia were honored and a message from Putin was read aloud.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026