officialese
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of officialese
Example Sentences
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A new bill due to go through parliament will raise the official age at which people can stop work from 62 to 64.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2023
There are no official age limits to compete at the Olympics, and 13-year-old skateboarders even competed at the Tokyo Games last summer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022
The official age limit is 18 but this is frequently relaxed, and several members are 17.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2020
Under my dictatorship, we would permanently reset the official age of adulthood to 21, which, by most conventional markers of adulthood, is generous in its assumptions.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2018
As an aunt, my official age was over forty.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl
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