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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No new trade deals have been reached, although administration officials said negotiations are underway.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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The reasons for Patel's removal have not been made clear, and the change was only communicated to senior ATF officials on Wednesday.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 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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Nationwide, 1 in 4 direct care workers are immigrants, according to a policy brief from PHI, an advocacy group for elder care and disability service workers.—
Mercedes Vigon,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump's executive orders were hit with another round of legal blocks this week, on everything from firing federal workers to Social Security data.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The agency also has at least four employees earning six-figure annual salaries who live out of state, Lopez’s committee found.—
Dara Kam,
Miami Herald,
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 16 Apr. 2025.
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