boardman

noun

Definition of boardmannext
as in officer

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  1. officer
  2. official
  3. commissioner
Noun
  • Early last month, the Antioch City Council allocated up to $500,000 for its gun violence reduction initiative to fund long-term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies, whose officers would earn $200 an hour.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Traps have also been set up and officers are using thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to recapture the animals, police said.
    Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of officer
Noun
  • Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular dictatorship is growing at China’s expense.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • All three counties that make up Colorado’s 8th Congressional District had concluded ballot counting by late Saturday night, election officials said.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of official
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  • And commissioners have signaled their interest in doing more on housing, by asking the state to restore their power (taken away in the 1980s) to require developers to provide affordable units.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • There was no public comment on this rezoning, and the planning commissioners unanimously approved it.
    Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of commissioner
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