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Recent Examples of officer The officer will report directly to the mayor. Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2025 Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter confirmed the return of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cussack for the fifth film during a studio presentation at the Annecy international animation film festival earlier this year in June, The Hollywood Reporter reported. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025 Debt delinquencies are on the rise, accelerating because of student loan debt payments restarting in October 2024, according to Dana Telsey, CEO and chief research officer of Telsey Advisory Group. David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 The security officers tried to rush the family into burying Jîna before it got crowded. Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for officer
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Noun
  • In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The policeman asked where the shell was.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Israel's assault on Gaza since October 2023 has killed over 64,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, while internally displacing almost all Gaza's population, and set off a starvation crisis.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Polish officials said Russian drones pierced their airspace 19 times from late Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Another twist is that the roadside tests that cops use to spot drunk drivers don’t work as well for drug impairment.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The observatory is named for NASA's second-ever administrator.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, Clark Atlanta University, and nearby Spelman College were among the campuses impacted, as administrators, students and faculty moved to safety.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officer. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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