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officiary

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as in official

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The lawmakers ask whether officials are monitoring firms’ actions and weighing direct refunds, like tax relief.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Saudi officials said debris from a Houthi drone also killed one civilian and injured others.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of official

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Florey also argued that the County Board cannot interfere with how the clerk secures services or dictate if a particular service, such as printing of ballots, must be bid out.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The local election authority, the Saline County clerk, still lists Gibson as receiving the highest number of votes in its official results.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of clerk

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Twenty-five years later, South Florida will honor the lives lost and sacrifices made by first responders and other public servants on 9/11.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Corporate vice presidents can learn from academics, entrepreneurs and public servants.

— Siri Swahari, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of public servant

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The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
However, just over a week before the election, Expo magazine published a report alleging that a civil servant working in parliament for the Sweden Democrats had spread Russian state narratives on social networks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of civil servant

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That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Both lawsuits seek damages based on a Missouri law that allows lawsuits against the secretary of state if the officeholder neglects their duties.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of officeholder

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