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  • noun Plural form of official.

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Examples

  • That's crediting the officials who are responsible for bringing the project about in their capacity as _officials_, NOT in their capacity as Liberal or Conservative MPs.

    Say it! Say it! SAY IT!! CC 2009

  • Even though he has intelligence in his title officials tell us he most likely was in charge of sort of overseeing the loyalty of Saddam Hussein's troops.

    CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2003 2003

  • The Defence Ministry said the coordinator of Swiss aid projects for the Niafounke area, another Swiss and a Malian civilian were killed in a clash between troops and "armed bandits", the term officials use to describe Tuareg rebels.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Stogran complained that by the end of his term officials were actively blocking his attempts to probe the treatment of ill and injured Canadian soldiers.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Allan Woods 2010

  • I mean, they put out a letter in which they called officials "jack-booted thugs," as you know, but the other part of the letter accused me of encouraging federal officials to commit murder.

    President Remarks At Billings Mt Town Hall Meeting ITY National Archives 1995

  • Court issued decisions and orders as it nears the end of its term officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Court issued decisions and orders as it nears the end of its term officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Court issued decisions and orders as it nears the end of its term officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Court issued decisions and orders as it nears the end of its term officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Court issued decisions and orders as it nears the end of its term officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

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