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
But there is no such warning for other kinds of citrus, such as mandarins and other oranges.
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Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
And some juice makers are extending their orange supply with juice from other fruits, such as tangerines and mandarins, which aren’t affected by citrus greening, and even apple and lemon.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The raids occurred as the harvesting of California oranges, mandarins and lemons was entering a peak period for fresh fruit.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
At a time when only three European cities -- London, Paris, and Naples -- could boast 300,000 inhabitants, Beijing’s imperial quarter alone housed that many people, including many of the mandarins who helped the emperor rule his vast kingdom.
—John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
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Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
And some juice makers are extending their orange supply with juice from other fruits, such as tangerines and mandarins, which aren’t affected by citrus greening, and even apple and lemon.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The raids occurred as the harvesting of California oranges, mandarins and lemons was entering a peak period for fresh fruit.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
At a time when only three European cities -- London, Paris, and Naples -- could boast 300,000 inhabitants, Beijing’s imperial quarter alone housed that many people, including many of the mandarins who helped the emperor rule his vast kingdom.
—John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandarin
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Mike Flynn was gone by February 13th over his failure to disclose his contacts with Russian officials during the transition.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2025
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That same year Timothy Ziemer, the top White House official in the National Security Council for leading U.S. response against a pandemic, departed.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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That is complicit with scheming orchestrated by politicized bureaucrats.—
Jack Fowler,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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All of this was done in consultation with the people who understood the problems best, putting faith in the expertise of top bureaucrats to build a better mousetrap.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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In its second phase, the website will host career pathways for 30 job titles, including wholesale sales representatives, security guards, shipping and inventory clerks and even human resources specialists.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The judge in the case was another Floridian, a former justice of the peace, clerk of the court, and lawyer whose appointment was given the stamp of approval by Tallahassee newspapers.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kennedy's home purchase comes amid his major restructuring of the department that laid off 10,000 workers on Tuesday across the nation's public health agencies, including laboratory scientists, support staff for food safety inspectors and worker safety researchers.—
Carol Ross Joynt,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2025
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The numbers are even worse for younger workers, with 41% of Millennials and Gen Z employees admitting to this behavior.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, 30, is accused of shooting a Walgreens employee, Erick Velasquez, 34, earlier this week, the Madera Police Department told USA Today.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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When an employee misses the mark, avoid making assumptions about their capabilities or motivation.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
3 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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As the German journalist Ronen Steinke argues in his own first-rate biography, Bauer’s greatest achievement was a sprawling trial of some 20 German officers and functionaries at Auschwitz, held in a Frankfurt courtroom in the mid-60s.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The position is typically occupied by civil servants, engineers, scientists or, more recently, politicians.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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This will only give Elon Musk more power to dismantle the people's government with as little resistance from dedicated civil servants as possible—further weakening the federal government's ability to serve the American people.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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