as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Recent Examples of civil servant
There are cash shortages, and the salaries for civil servants haven’t been paid out, even for many Houthi fighters.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs, Vietnam is encouraging workers to log in from home, and the Philippines is pushing for a four-day work week.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
And third, the core AXIS study team, which was headquartered at Goddard Space Flight Center, was dominated by NASA civil servants who were furloughed during the 6-week-long shutdown in late 2025.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs, Vietnam is encouraging workers to log in from home, and the Philippines is pushing for a four-day work week.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
And third, the core AXIS study team, which was headquartered at Goddard Space Flight Center, was dominated by NASA civil servants who were furloughed during the 6-week-long shutdown in late 2025.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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For a president to cast such ungodly stones at a deceased public servant is staggering.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The school nurtured generations of students who went on to become educators, business leaders, public servants and community advocates.—
Danita R. DeHaney,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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The store clerk told her that Teresa may have gone with Duckett, and the mother began searching the area.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Miami-Dade County, for example, the penalty is $257, according to the county clerk’s office.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Police officials said Abril took the couple hostage during the standoff after a shootout with CHP investigators trying to serve a search warrant at the park.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Past grand juries have issued reports raising awareness of shady land deals, questionable legislative appropriations and officials slow-walking public records requests.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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And all were linked to individuals in Argentina with modest financial backgrounds—a pharmacy employee, a shop worker, a bankrupt businessman—people with no visible connection to multimillion-dollar financial operations.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The employees of Rockin’ Grandma’s roam the grounds of the retreat site, which boasts multiple structures, and are visited by a series of guest speakers whose lectures range from the merely dull to the truly Dada.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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This time, however, travelers are already facing long lines and delays due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, which has left thousands of TSA workers without pay.—
De'Anthony Taylor,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2026
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Fatalities data, the group says, is based on a range of sources, including sources among medical workers, publicly available images and official statements.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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In the Philippines, government offices are now open just four days a week and bureaucrats must limit the use of air conditioning to nothing cooler than 75°F (24°C).—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The barrier was a system so centralized, bureaucrats and procedural that even a straightforward literacy effort became tangled in red tape.—
Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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