mandarins
- plural of mandarin.
Example Sentences
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According to an AFP journalist, mandarins in Ashgabat cost $1.90, apples more than $2 and a pack of cigarettes has risen to $3 -- pretty much double what they were.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
This is not what the mandarins of baseball call analytics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Did someone forget to tell the mandarins investigating X?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Yet as costs have surged, the taste is changing too, with certain manufacturers substituting oranges for mandarins to cut costs.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
The pride of the Chinese mandarins was to let their nails grow as long as their fingers, to show that they never worked.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
