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officer

[aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-] / ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə- /




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"In every museum there have been meetings with the security officer or with the police."

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Before that, he spent more than four years as president and chief financial officer of the data platform LiveRamp.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

"Roblox will not become a bank. The wallet is a financial account, not a bank account," Enrico D'Angelo, the company's chief commercial officer, said at a press briefing.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

D’Amelio most recently served as chief innovation officer for the New York Liberty, where he worked across basketball operations, health and performance, analytics and applied sciences.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

I hand it to the female officer and she—Martinez, according to her name tag —pulls out her iPhone.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The California Highway Patrol continues to assist Harris’ security detail, but their officers were not on-site last night, according to CHP Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

The area was cordoned off and police forensic officers in hazmat suits, some carrying cameras, were seen at the property.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

A separate order also allowed officers to require people to remove masks and other items used to conceal their identity.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

In New York, firefighters, police officers and other first responders ran into burning buildings from which thousands were trying to escape.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Before I could think any more about what my mom would say when those officers showed up, I spotted the clock tower.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The leading company, officered by a Major and two Captains, pushed through the blizzard, attained the summit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Imprisoned for two months by Kasavubu's central government, he had won release by promising Strongman Joseph Mobutu that he would merge his 11,600 army, officered by 634 Europeans, with that of the central government.

From Time Magazine Archive

Admittedly, pacification is lagging woefully, and the South's army, officered largely by opportunists or languid political appointees, is a major weakness.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the agreement, British judges and assessors will sit on the benches of Ethiopian courts, the Ethiopian police force will be officered by Britons.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's open gossip all over the West that the P. S. L. is officered by a lot of dummies and place-hunters and relatives.

From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde

But decades of corruption in palace and government paid off disastrously in lack of ammunition, inferior arms and cowardly officering.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the names had been entered came the question of uniforms, arms, officering, drilling, provisions.

From The Nameless Castle by Mór Jókai

Through one of his agents he succeeded in officering it with well-known Southerners, who knew only that part of the plan which contemplated an increase in prices, and were in sympathy with it.

From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by Edward Mandell House

"The cult of the Asiatic life" is the latest definition of Christianity given by a recent apologist of Hinduism, one of a small company of Europeans in India officering the Hindu revival.

From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by John Morrison

They possessed none of the dash and fire of the hardier troops; their organization was--and still is--defective; and the system of officering them was radically bad.

From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty




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