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

Later, when pressed by others, Sauer agreed with a lower court that had drawn a distinction between the conduct of an officeholder and that of a candidate for office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

But it definitely covered the president of the United States, or any officeholder.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 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

Douglas was for most of his life an officeholder, so that in one way or another Lincoln would be brought into association with him.

From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ketcham, Henry