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 cous-cous and mandarin slices or with a hot gooey brownie.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
And not every skincare brand can pride itself on featuring lychee, Japanese mandarin extract, and apple on several of its ingredient lists.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
Lastly, fruits like mandarins have a high water content to keep you well-hydrated during long summer road trips.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
Corail Oscuro uses a traceable, biodegradable and renewable technique to harvest the mandarin, for example, and the vanilla in Lilyphéa is traceable, as well.
—James Manso, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
And not every skincare brand can pride itself on featuring lychee, Japanese mandarin extract, and apple on several of its ingredient lists.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
Lastly, fruits like mandarins have a high water content to keep you well-hydrated during long summer road trips.
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
Corail Oscuro uses a traceable, biodegradable and renewable technique to harvest the mandarin, for example, and the vanilla in Lilyphéa is traceable, as well.
—James Manso, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular dictatorship is growing at China’s expense.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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All three counties that make up Colorado’s 8th Congressional District had concluded ballot counting by late Saturday night, election officials said.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The idea that France or the United Kingdom would allow another state—let alone some unelected bureaucrat in the European Union—to dictate their nuclear postures is fanciful.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Vought said that independent agencies and unelected bureaucrats and experts wield far too much power while the traditional legislative process is a sham.Molly Redden, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2024
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In late October, county clerks had already received 226,646 ballots across the four counties.Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the rollout, which consisted of transferring massive voter datasets from antiquated county systems, was difficult for understaffed and overtaxed county clerk offices.ProPublica, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company issued a follow-up notification at 10:41 a.m. that workers responded to a vapor release while performing maintenance on equipment.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Cruise’s cooperation included remedial measures such as ensuring that employees identified as responsible for the falsified report are no longer employed by the firm.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The company has two full-time employees and is supported by a Board of Advisors from various sectors to guide its business strategy.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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MacDowell as first wife Ann is given just one scene to make an impression, as is Benanti as wife No. 2, but both these talented actors come off as more functionary against Keaton than truly three dimensional.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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The teenage Reuss became the leader of an empire-wide socialist youth organization and was kicked out of school for attempting to recruit the son of a powerful conservative functionary.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Thousands of civil servants go on strike as part of a nationwide civil disobedience movement.Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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After going on a borrowing binge following the 2008 financial crisis to prop up growth, and then dealing with a costly pandemic, many localities are now struggling to meet daily spending needs, like paying civil servants.L'Oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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