official
noun
a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
officials
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pluralof official.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s a culture at the time of lavish gift-giving to diplomats and foreign officials, and he’s just terrified that officers of the United States will be beholden and influenced by foreigners.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Club officials feel interest in him should be high.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Israel briefly paused attacks in Gaza in early August after talks between Israeli officials and Nickolay Mladenov, the chief Gaza envoy for the Board of Peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Left behind on the decoy plane were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and other administration officials and aides.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Palsson began visiting Bobby at the jail and met with some of the Japanese officials to see what he could do.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
