officeholder

Example Sentences

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The officeholder also leads the more than 6,000 members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Later, when pressed by others, Sauer agreed with a lower court that had drawn a distinction between the conduct of an officeholder and that of a candidate for office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

We have an investigative process in this country to which no former officeholder is immune.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

Typically in a U.S. legislative body, it is the House of Representatives that impeaches an officeholder, charging him or her with wrongdoing.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

The interest of individual liberty in relation to the organization of democracy demands simply that the individual officeholder should possess an amount of power and independence adequate to the efficient performance of his work.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David