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Noun
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In Calgary, the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, officials voted to stop fluoridating water in 2011.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025 -
Administration officials have insisted that the impacts are misunderstood, but the actual text of the memo is far-reaching and the follow-up guidance has been vague.—
NPR Washington Desk,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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Effective governance requires empowering public servants with experience and specialized knowledge.—
Russell Muirhead,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Jan. 2025
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State of play: There are approximately 160 civil servants, known as detailees, on the NSC whose employment is being reviewed.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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Civil service positions do not terminate at the end of an administration and civil servants can only be fired for cause.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Carter is one of the nine portraits hanging in the rotunda-like pre-show space, along with his successor, Ronald Reagan, the two most recent officeholders.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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Coming in above them, but still with net negative ratings: state officeholders, newspaper reporters, lawyers, nursing home operators, local officeholders and bankers.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Officiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiary. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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