officials

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

board bureau cabinet committee department executive legislature management ministry presidency

STRONG

President admiral advisers chair chairperson command commander consulate directors embassy executives feds general headquarters officers powers presidium stewards superintendents supervisors upstairs

WEAK

chargé d'affaires front office governing body top brass

NOUN

bureaucracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administration authority civil service management ministry red tape

STRONG

directorate government officialdom

WEAK

beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment the system

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Officials did not identify the Marine who went missing Thursday or disclose the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, saying that the name will be withheld until after the family is notified.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

Officials estimate about 5 ballots remain to be counted and 17,650 are waiting to cure a missing or mismatched signature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

Officials say he had a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and far-right sympathies.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Officials would "come and count how many fans or rooms we have", said Arshi Qureshi, a 19-year-old student who has been measuring heat in the one-room home she shares with eight family members.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Officials ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew to maintain order.4 The entire nation was reeling.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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