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Noun
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Among the buildings hit in the Black Sea coastal city were a maternity hospital and an emergency medical center, officials said.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
10 June 2025 -
The suit claims that (airport) officials implemented ad hoc restrictions without public notice or justification, including an undocumented policy that selectively limited the number of Boeing 757-200 aircraft permitted on the ground per day.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Months later, police arrested Hoffman, a store clerk, and he was found guilty of beating the young father-to-be with a claw hammer and shooting him.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The clerk opened the register and stuffed his bag with cash before the man fled on foot.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Student loan borrower advocacy organizations are warning that the Trump administration is taking concrete steps to try to limit student loan forgiveness for public servants under a popular debt relief program.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Those who put their lives on the line deserve nothing less than the full support and resources afforded to all public servants.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Like other civil servants, immigration judges can't be fired because of their politics.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Such an officeholder would take on responsibilities that parallel those of the national taxpayer advocate — a position that has existed within the IRS since the mid-1990s — but in the tariff context.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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However, critics say the deal smacks of corruption and likely violates the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which bars federal officeholders from accepting gifts without the consent of Congress, according to NPR.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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“Officiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiary. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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