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
Thailand has ordered civil servants to work from home and take the stairs over elevators until the crisis is over.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Starmer fired the top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, within hours of the revelation by The Guardian last week.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Essential infrastructure such as schools, housing for married civil servants, malls and other places for entertainment are still missing.
—Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Starmer fired the top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, within hours of the revelation by The Guardian last week.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Essential infrastructure such as schools, housing for married civil servants, malls and other places for entertainment are still missing.
—Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Restrictions on saving or investing can cause someone who would make an excellent public servant to possibly not serve.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Holley described herself as a public servant who gives back to her community whenever possible.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Many departments, including code enforcement, registrar, the clerk's office, health, tax and finance and assessor's office, are closed due to a power outage.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Romig, the former agency official, told me that there are various ways to fudge the numbers.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Spanish officials say the ship will dock at the Granadilla port in Tenerife, where passengers will be allowed to leave the ship.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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As of December, Cloudflare had 5,156 employees.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Shelter employees identified him through an NYPD CrimeStoppers alert, leading to his arrest two days later.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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And inside the adjacent soft pretzel shop, two workers leaned over on the counter, watching videos on a phone to pass the time.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Earlier this week the United Nations blasted Israel over its strikes killing healthcare workers, saying the World Health Organization has recorded 151 such attacks resulting in 103 deaths and 230 injuries.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Local communities, not federal bureaucrats, deciding what enters their own marketplace is not a radical idea.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Take away the competition, substitute bureaucrats for private ownership, and the mess starts.—
Star Parker,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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