ex officio

adjective

Definition of ex officionext
as in certified

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ex officio
  1. certified
  2. licensed
  3. semiofficial
  4. canonical
Adjective
  • The Office of Medical Cannabis offers an authorized practitioner directory on its website where potential medical card applicants can search for a certified doctor by city, county, zip code or specialty.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This week, Browns Canyon National Monument became a certified International Dark Sky Park, a designation that recognizes its clear, inky-black skies and lack of light pollution.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of certified
Adjective
  • Bourbon distilleries continue to crop up all over the state, the Kentucky Distillers Association announced in mid-November, and the state is now home to 115 licensed distilling locations in 40 Kentucky counties.
    Gege Reed, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The site connects users with licensed practitioners in TrueMed’s network who can write letters of medical necessity for items such as exercise bikes, supplements and cold plunge pools.
    Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of licensed
Adjective
  • She was later taken to the police station, Iran's semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This has been reflected in a number of semiofficial commentaries that have mysteriously found their way into the public domain during April.
    Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2020
Definition of semiofficial
Adjective
  • Where is the canonical image of American scientific progress, of man going to space?
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Despite producing at least two canonical entries to hip-hop’s Golden Age – Black Moon’s Enta da Stage and Smif-n-Wessun’s Dah Shinin’ — Da Beatminerz have often felt, unfairly, like a footnote to that celebrated era.
    SPIN Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of canonical
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ex officio

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