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 on the Web Pair with cous-cous and mandarin slices or with a hot gooey brownie. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 And not every skincare brand can pride itself on featuring lychee, Japanese mandarin extract, and apple on several of its ingredient lists. Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024 Lastly, fruits like mandarins have a high water content to keep you well-hydrated during long summer road trips. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 6 Aug. 2024 Corail Oscuro uses a traceable, biodegradable and renewable technique to harvest the mandarin, for example, and the vanilla in Lilyphéa is traceable, as well. James Manso, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mandarin 

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“Mandarin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandarin. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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