officialdom

Example Sentences

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Mexican officialdom is well aware that the Mexican economy is kept afloat by a combination of migrant remittances and North American market access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Despite her energetic enquiries to several layers of officialdom within Germany and beyond, Usik says she "hasn't been able to find a solution".

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The modest scale of his work, its whiff of the romantic past, puts it at odds with the epic proportions and air of officialdom of I.M.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Klopp had cut an infuriated, frustrated figure for much of the game, raging at officialdom, his players and even seeming to give his own goalkeeping coach John Achterberg an ear-bashing at one point.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023

Uniforms, posters warning against fifth columnists, two big air-raid shelters dug into the park lawns, and everywhere, surly officialdom.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan