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officer

[aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-] / ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə- /




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Keith Lerner, chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services had been negative on gold for most of 2026, but after Wednesday’s developments he upgraded his recommendation to neutral citing several factors.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

In response, wildlife teams started to vaccinate birds in the colony this week, said James Todd, chief biodiversity officer for the state of Victoria in which the island lies.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

GE HealthCare, the Chicago-based medical imaging and diagnostic company, has hired William Grogan as its new chief financial officer, plucking the executive from water solutions company Xylem.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The other suspect in the case is former Ukrainian military officer Serhiy Kuznetsov.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The first clip is of some guy, a few years older than us, running away from an officer.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

On a patrol with Surrey Police, officers described catching those riding electric motorbikes illegally as a constant game of cat and mouse.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

It was contrasted with a picture released by the court on Thursday, in which a worn, white-haired Xu stood unsmiling, flanked by two police officers as he faced a panel of judges.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Flores lodged a complaint with the LAPD’s inspector general’s office and has said he hoped the officers he taped making inappropriate remarks would face discipline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The Navy has a large number of supply officers.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

A group of military officers and men in business suits sat with the American prisoner at a long table in the KGB’s Lubyanka prison.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Younger brothers Bob and Wilky went off to war and officered with distinction.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the agreement, British judges and assessors will sit on the benches of Ethiopian courts, the Ethiopian police force will be officered by Britons.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leading company, officered by a Major and two Captains, pushed through the blizzard, attained the summit.

From Time Magazine Archive

These Circles are groups of 20, organized by counties, each officered only by a secretary.

From Time Magazine Archive

These dhows were and are still manned and officered by Arabs—gentlemen Arabs they term themselves.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables

But decades of corruption in palace and government paid off disastrously in lack of ammunition, inferior arms and cowardly officering.

From Time Magazine Archive

A report which the Secretary of the Navy is preparing on the subject, to be laid before Congress, will shew at the same time the progress made in officering and manning these ships.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 4: James Madison by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

Not the slightest difficulty is experienced at Liverpool in officering and manning any number of ships for this purpose.

From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

"The cult of the Asiatic life" is the latest definition of Christianity given by a recent apologist of Hinduism, one of a small company of Europeans in India officering the Hindu revival.

From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by John Morrison

General Arthur, by special request of Governor Morgan, resumed his duties as quartermaster-general and established a system of recruiting and officering the new levies, which proved wonderfully successful.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various




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