Example Sentences

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Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and other Kremlin functionaries live in highly-secure estates near the Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Highway west of Moscow, a suburban community dubbed “Moscow Beverly Hills.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

He, not his faithful functionaries, needs to take the blame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

A few questioned whether the Wikimedia Foundation was taking threats seriously enough when they were raised by the site’s volunteer administrators and functionaries.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

After the consumer safety and environmental movements in the 1960s, a backlash emerged from businesses, where critics argued that government functionaries who were not accountable to voters were issuing regulations whose costs outweighed their benefits.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

As one group of highly placed religious functionaries to another, don’t do this to us!

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann