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Noun
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Two police officers in Virginia were fatally shot following a traffic stop Friday night, officials said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025 -
Smith already has been staying full-time at a community facility with around-the-clock supervision for the past nine months, with Friday's decision formally discharging him from the hospital, officials said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In the few departments that held hearings on Wednesday, attendees reported chaotic and sluggish proceedings, with supervisors filling in for court clerks and at least one judge filling out minute orders by hand.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Two were from the wrongful convictions of James Irons and Thomas Malik, who in 1995 were charged with the murder of a subway clerk.—
Chelsia Rose Marcius,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Multitudes of nonpolitical public servants, normally left in place when new presidents come in, are out.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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The fact that Sheila is at a crucial moment in her own career as a public servant is mentioned once and never again.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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On Thursday, Trump’s H.R. arm told as many as 200,000 feds with less than two years in their jobs that their careers as civil servants were over.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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But some more permanent civil servants are also out.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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Coleman said, adding that the committee did not include submissions related to specific legislation or officeholders such as Bailey.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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Across the South, such activity had triggered deadly white violence against Black voters, organizers and officeholders in the decades since the war.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Officiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiary. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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