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
The recurrence of one particularly popular design – mandarin ducks in a lotus pond – even allowed Flecker to date the shipwreck.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Meyer lemons are a hybrid of a Eureka lemon and mandarin.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, mandarins, pomelos, and kumquats are among the most nutrient-dense citrus fruits.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 7 Feb. 2026
Notes of ripe, fresh mangoes, fragrant mandarins, and blood oranges, and undertones of lemon leaf spark energy and invigoration.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Meyer lemons are a hybrid of a Eureka lemon and mandarin.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, mandarins, pomelos, and kumquats are among the most nutrient-dense citrus fruits.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 7 Feb. 2026
Notes of ripe, fresh mangoes, fragrant mandarins, and blood oranges, and undertones of lemon leaf spark energy and invigoration.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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To back off from that charge, district officials proposed raising average class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade from 24-to-1 to 28-to-1, according to the district.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Allen attempted to storm the dinner on foot, carrying multiple guns and knives, and planned to kill top officials, starting with the highest-ranking, according to the criminal complaint.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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When city bureaucrats saw as liabilities schools that had been denied resources, parents saw community anchors.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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This would reset the balance between the executive and legislative branches, demanding the House and Senate not cede excessive authority to unelected bureaucrats who are only too happy to usurp legislative powers.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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The original 10-point ethics complaint, filed by eight Skokie residents last February, alleged Johnson violated the village’s ethics code by using the public comment podium on multiple occasions for political purposes (Johnson was then running for village clerk).—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The investigation, supported by an audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit, determined Hulen misappropriated $2,210 in court fine payments while employed as the court clerk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Research published last year on Japanese nursing homes found that robot adoption reduced worker quit rates and was associated with better care quality.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to one former Kinahan employee, McGovern was a generous and well-liked person during his stint in Dubai, and was known as a heavy tipper.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Legends fictionalizes the true story of British customs employees who went undercover in the '90s to infiltrate drug smuggling gangs.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than funding, though, is needed transparency by IDNR functionaries with marina boaters and Winthrop Harbor officials.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their prestige suffers because it is conflated in the public’s mind with long lines at the DMV, fastidious building inspectors, parking tickets—the stuff of local functionaries.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Judge Jesse Furman decided the case belongs with him because Comey was fired pursuant to the president's executive authority and not the usual procedures for civil servants.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The firm recruits tenants from the State Attorney’s Office, police and fire departments, and hospitals, and 70% of residents are civil servants, the partners say.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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