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

By comparison, Schroder, the field’s other statewide officeholder, was the second-best-funded candidate but had only a quarter of Landry’s warchest in both instances.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

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

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

It was feared that Jefferson would wipe out the national debt, abolish the navy, and remove every Federal officeholder in the land.

From Thomas Jefferson by Merwin, Henry Childs