officious
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The former is heralded with a blast of horns; the latter guards its inner sanctum behind Tobie Windham’s officious sentry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As Kennedy said at Amherst, “The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state.”
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
It turned out Vance had left a lengthy trail of bizarre, officious comments about, well, a lot of things, but particularly female fertility and childlessness.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2025
There is plenty of the sort of officious nit-picking beloved of sports authorities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Finally, after forty minutes, I am called out of the waiting room by an officious woman in blue scrubs.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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