officiaries

noun

plural of officiary
as in officials

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  1. officials
  2. civil servants
  3. officeholders
Noun
  • City officials along with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) spent years preparing for the biggest event in Atlanta’s history.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • SpaceX officials did not say how many engines failed to start during the ignition sequence, but a graphic of engine status on SpaceX’s live video stream indicated four of the 33 engines never ignited.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of officials
Noun
  • Many other civil servants have thought through this process themselves.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • His government has even started requiring civil servants to ditch Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video conference system.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Definition of civil servants
Noun
  • The same energy that helped elect Zohran Mamdani has fueled a string of insurgent victories, knocking off longtime officeholders and helping progress challengers break through in New York and Colorado.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Diffuse authority and accountability Authority over education has long been distributed among different officeholders.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of officeholders
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“Officiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiaries. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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