officeholder

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This officeholder oversees the California Department of Education, which guides local school districts and also provides partial oversight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

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

But it definitely covered the president of the United States, or any officeholder.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024

The current officeholder, Michelle Henry, is filling the last two years of Gov. Josh Shapiro ’s second term as attorney general and doesn’t plan to run for the office.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

If the officeholder had personal or political friends whom he desired to have recognized, an intimation of this desire was generally sufficient to have the pass privilege even extended to them.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William