field officer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of field officer
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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“The new ‘magic number’ reflects a convergence of factors — from persistent inflation and longer life expectancies, to uncertainty about the future of Social Security,” said John Roberts, chief field officer at Northwestern Mutual.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
"He's almost like a dog in behaviour, so we want to maintain his life of being a happy, social pig," said Augusta Allen, a field officer with Aurora Animal Services,
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
“We have jokes about that both internally and externally,” Keron Blair, the chief field officer for New Georgia Project Action Fund, a top organizing group in the state, told me.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2022
The Shin Bet internal security agency, which carried out the interrogations, issued a rare apology for Mr. Beinart’s detention, calling it an “error of judgment” by a field officer.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018
The first thing he needed was a field officer who could lead a team of soldiers and civilians into the monkey house.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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