as in official
a worker in a government agency
the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms
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Recent Examples of mandarin
Pair with a juicy duck cooked in its own fat and garnished with mandarin slices, quinoa, a touch of soy, sea salt and cilantro, and with a dollop of foie gras on the top.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Burgundian style mouthful that is decadently soft and oily on the cheeks, semi peppery, with creamy mandarin flavors on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Bold and confident, the fruity floral features mandarin, pink pepper, coconut milk, vanilla cream, jasmine and orange flower.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The mélange of juicy pear, fresh gardenia, and mandarin is sweet as can be, and a hint of rose and cedarwood add some depth without using the charming youthfulness.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Burgundian style mouthful that is decadently soft and oily on the cheeks, semi peppery, with creamy mandarin flavors on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Bold and confident, the fruity floral features mandarin, pink pepper, coconut milk, vanilla cream, jasmine and orange flower.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The mélange of juicy pear, fresh gardenia, and mandarin is sweet as can be, and a hint of rose and cedarwood add some depth without using the charming youthfulness.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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City officials amplified the advisory with a New York City air quality alert of its own.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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When efforts to repurpose it as a museum or hotel didn’t materialize, Okaloosa County officials stepped in with a forward-thinking plan: turn the SS United States into a reef teeming with life, a win-win boon to the marine environment and to eco-tourism.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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Parents are far more invested in their child's academic success than any teacher, school administrator, or federal bureaucrat will ever be.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Her mother had just died, so the last thing the caller needed was to be on hold forever waiting for a government agency bureaucrat to finally pick up the phone.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The February 2023 election, for example, cost about $200,000, according to the city clerk.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Learn More Auto workers face potential temporarily lay offs amid President Trump's new tariffs 02:17 Mr. Trump has previously reversed course on tariffs, causing upheaval in financial markets and leading economists to raise the odds of the U.S. economy entering a recession this year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The coveted endorsements came from the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Lowe’s has about 11,000 employees in the Charlotte region, including 5,000 corporate workers.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2025
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Conclusion Effective office spaces are those designed with employees, not just for them.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Unlike the party functionaries picked previously, all three grew up in the labor movement.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The play drew on the verbatim testimony of SS officers, Nazi functionaries and camp survivors, to reconstruct the genocidal horror in harrowing, undeniable detail.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Reaction to those cuts has focused understandably on the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so and the harm that millions of people could suffer as a result of the shuttering of aid programs.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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