officeholder
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nonofficeholder noun
Etymology
Origin of officeholder
Example Sentences
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The officeholder also leads the more than 6,000 members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
But it definitely covered the president of the United States, or any officeholder.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024
The current officeholder, Michelle Henry, is filling the last two years of Gov. Josh Shapiro ’s second term as attorney general and doesn’t plan to run for the office.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024
Chief Justice Debra Todd, the highest paid judicial officeholder, will see her salary rise to $260,733, while salaries for other high court justices will rise to $253,360.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He must have had genuine ability in some directions, or else he was wonderfully lucky, for he was an officeholder of some kind or other, in different states of the Union, nearly all his life.
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ketcham, Henry
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