Thesaurus results for MANDARIN

mandarin

noun

ˈman-d(ə-)rən

Definition of mandarin

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 Mistral, the yacht's open-air Mediterranean restaurant, features coral, mandarin, and blush tones, with Ginori porcelain and glassware on every table. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 On the sweet side, ube, chamoy, matcha tea and mandarin were all top-20 flavors. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, black currants and a bit of tart fruitiness with mandarin for a squeeze of citrus. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026 The final product was a combination of tangerine, mandarin and vanilla notes. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mandarin

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Noun

His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Chinese officials said 558 people were missing after a mudslide at a land crossing in Tibet’s Gyirong county, including 260 foreign nationals.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of official

Noun

Darline Graham, 62, is a longtime state bureaucrat in South Carolina government who since 2019 has worked as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The bureaucrats who failed to prevent the fraud often remain anonymous.

— Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of bureaucrat

Noun

His first job out of law school was as a judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, giving him a front-row seat to consequential decisions—and to people who could disagree fiercely without letting those disagreements become personal.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Senior clerk Cristaliz Portalatin posted a TikTok video of the visit that has since drawn more than 44,000 views.

— Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of clerk

Noun

During the early days of the pandemic, Prem and his team dispatched medical staff to Singapore’s checkpoints for virus screening, as well as to foreign worker dormitories to care for workers who fell ill.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of worker

Noun

In Brazil, Statista gathered 900,000 evaluations from employees across a wide range of sectors.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
This includes owners, coaches, players, other team employees, game officials, and employees of the league office, NFL Films, NFL Network or any other NFL business.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of employee

Noun

Played completely deadpan by Konopka, the character beneath this daft assemblage of aesthetic choices makes no real sense as a functionary in this dry, dark future, much less as its hero.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
In Meyer’s hands, the adventuress sometimes recedes into a functionary.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of functionary

Noun

The incident prompted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to remove Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the country's highest civil servant, from office.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The government has opened an investigation, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the Health Ministry’s highest civil servant, to be removed from office.

— Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of civil servant

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