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government official

NOUN
commissioner
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A senior Canadian government official said Carney’s announcement about the bridge opening was informed by the project having achieved substantial completion, a final step in the construction process that allowed the span to open.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

A review of Greenspan’s statements before the financial crisis shows that he was the earliest and most consistent government official to sound the alarm about the building threat from the securitization of subprime mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"Some of these calls are just ritualistic," a government official told me.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

A government official at Zhob Hospital told BBC News that a total of 48 people, including a number of women and children, had been on board when the accident happened.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

By the early twentieth century, Bigheart and other Osage knew that they could no longer avoid what a government official called the “great storm” gathering.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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