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officials

noun

plural of official

as in officers

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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Recent Examples of officials The two tornadoes started as tornadic waterspouts and were spotted off the coast of Far Rockaway and in Atlantic Beach on Long Island as Thursday’s torrential rain forced officials to close highways across the city. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026 Ferndale school officials say high school students gained experience through drone filming crews, race-day event management and supervised flight projects. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Possible human remains have been discovered on Lake Powell in Utah by a group on a houseboat, officials said. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2024, white men made up a little more than half of Delta Air Lines’ executives, senior-level officials and managers. — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Park officials are investigating the case but do not believe the person was the victim of a crime. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Another bullet went across the street and into an apartment where a woman was playing with her two children, officials said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

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The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Within three minutes of arriving, the officers had killed the attacker.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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Independent monitor reports from June 22 to July 3 show that as a result of staffing issues, administrators paused admission of new patients.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
School administrators later determined that no student by that name was enrolled there, according to the affidavit.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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