as in officer
a person who holds a public office
some of our best public officials do their jobs quietly and are never in the news
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as in authorized
ordered or allowed by those in authority
the official languages for those Olympic Games were French and English
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Recent Examples of official
John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
Union officials hoping to block the terminations said the officers described in the court documents were just a small portion of the 30 officers targeted for termination, many of whom had worked for various city and law enforcement agencies in the past.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Andrew McGowan, Variety, 15 July 2025
Both official and private surveys showed an improvement in the manufacturing activity.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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Noun
In the meantime, Killingly officials began to raise a number of concerns about the project in filings made with the siting council.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
Union officials hoping to block the terminations said the officers described in the court documents were just a small portion of the 30 officers targeted for termination, many of whom had worked for various city and law enforcement agencies in the past.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Adjective
The 77th Emmy award season is finally kicking off, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will announce its official list of nominees on Tuesday, July 15 at 8:30 a.m.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 15 July 2025
Both official and private surveys showed an improvement in the manufacturing activity.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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Currently, only cities that have opted into civil service rules for officers – Austin, Houston and San Antonio among them – can keep a G file.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
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Many fishers have lost their livelihoods overnight, with about a third of the state waters completely devoid of fish, according to Pat Tripodi, the executive officer of the Marine Fishers Association, which represents the interests of most commercial fishing license holders in the state.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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The Department of Health and Human Services declined to comment on the record, but Juul Labs was added to the FDA’s list of authorized e-cigarettes.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The attack works because large language models are often unable to distinguish commands from an authorized user and those embedded into untrusted content that the chatbot encounters.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 2025
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“Official.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/official. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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