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officer

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




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The review will seek to identify “systemic gaps, strengthen policies and training, and enhance public and officer safety,” as well as study what mental health support officers receive after such critical incidents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Hochman at first defended the charges, pointing out that as a sworn officer, Flores had an even higher duty to adhere to the letter and spirit of the law.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Michael Francis, Old Navy’s chief customer officer and former Target CMO, has been named the next chief executive of the label, according to parent company Gap.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

On Thursday, that officer was released from jail, and it’s likely he may never have to answer for his charges in court.

From Slate Aug. 28, 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

When Hoyos-Munoz stood atop the toilet in his cell, officers went back in and placed him on a bunk in a prone position.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

To make better sense of the numbers, I asked chief information officers what they thought of Gartner’s IT spending forecast, and how their own AI and tech budgets are shaping up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Council officers have been out visiting premises in the area to explain how the More by the Shore campaign , externalwill work and listen to feedback.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Though the influx of agents eventually left Minnesota, taking their horrific behavior elsewhere, state officials have been busy attempting to pursue accountability, filing numerous cases against the federal officers who participated in the raids.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Compared to the expansive staff of the Academy, the mountain was run and maintained by just a small group of professors, a handful of security officers, a few tech specialists, a cook, and a housekeeper.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In an army largely officered by the least promising sons of wealthy families, he was a standout taskmaster and a social flop.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unlike the old Prussian Army, officered exclusively by aristocrats, every conscript will have an equal chance at an officer's commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But this force, though officered with consummate ability, was manifestly insufficient for the attack upon the Black Sheds.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Through one of his agents he succeeded in officering it with well-known Southerners, who knew only that part of the plan which contemplated an increase in prices, and were in sympathy with it.

From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by Edward Mandell House

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

We will hold immediately an election of officers—and that's as pernicious a method of officering companies and regiments as can be imagined!

From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston

They possessed none of the dash and fire of the hardier troops; their organization was--and still is--defective; and the system of officering them was radically bad.

From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty




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