How to Use semiofficial in a Sentence

semiofficial

adjective
  • Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency said two people on the ground died.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Two semiofficial news agencies reported that two people were killed.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Tasnim, a semiofficial news agency close to Iran’s hard-liners, said limpet mines had been used in the attack.
    — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
  • As Fakhrizadeh’s sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and opened fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
    — Fox News, 29 Nov. 2020
  • As is their pledge not to tolerate any semiofficial support or private donations.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
  • As Fakhrizadeh’s sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and raked the car with rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
    — Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • As Fakhrizadeh's sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and raked the car with rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Two semiofficial news agencies in Iran seemed to challenge Araghchi’s announcement about the strait.
    — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Mousavi said, according to a translation from the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Details remained scarce in the report by semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Fars and the other semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported the sound of blasts, without giving a cause.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Russia’s proxies—a mix of puppets and Kremlin thugs—proceeded to dig in behind semiofficial armistice lines.
    — Thomas D. Grant, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The semiofficial Fars news agency reported that he was killed in an attack in Absard, to the east of Tehran.
    — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Akbar Salehi told the semiofficial Tasnim news agency that seven women were also among the dead.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The semiofficial Fars News released some of the videos purporting to be of the attacks on its Twitter account.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The first semiofficial gestural fan language was written by a Spanish man known simply as Fenella.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency said 12 percent of the ballots in Tehran were blank.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Sulej knows professional archaeologists would never let the shoes stay in the woods in some semiofficial liminal state.
    — Amos Barshad, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The semiofficial Fars news agency said a member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force was stabbed to death in Karaj.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency said the Kharg Island strikes caused no damage to oil infrastructure.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency said the Kharg Island strikes caused no damage to oil infrastructure.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency claimed that talks wouldn’t happen unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Also, a semiofficial Iranian foundation had posted a bounty of over $3 million for the killing of the author.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said the attack began with a car bomb that detonated in the path of Fakhrizadeh’s vehicle.
    — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Initial reports in semiofficial media outlets that 18 Iranians were killed in the strikes in Hama were later changed to omit the death toll.
    — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Among the dead was a member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader, according to the semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
    — Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, blamed the blast on explosives planted on Saviz's hull.
    — NBC News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, reported that a limpet mine planted on Saviz's hull caused the blast.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Rasoulof’s case, according to the semiofficial Mehr News Agency, which did not cite a reason for Panahi’s arrest.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
  • In Australia in particular, warmth to Taiwan is being expressed through semiofficial channels, as well as by the broader public.
    — Chris Horton, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2021

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