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
Over the past several weeks, CBS News has spoken with roughly two dozen Department of Homeland Security personnel spanning career civil servants, uniformed personnel and frontline staff about the institutional strain caused by the partial government shutdown, now in its 68th day.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Starmer faced a hostile Parliament Monday over his appointment of the disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador; the premier blamed civil servants, a high-risk strategy given that one of those civil servants will be questioned by lawmakers today.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Thailand has ordered civil servants to work from home and take the stairs over elevators until the crisis is over.
—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
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Starmer faced a hostile Parliament Monday over his appointment of the disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador; the premier blamed civil servants, a high-risk strategy given that one of those civil servants will be questioned by lawmakers today.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Thailand has ordered civil servants to work from home and take the stairs over elevators until the crisis is over.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Thousands of public servants have been redirected from their usual responsibilities to World Cup duty.—
Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The judges face a ticking clock as local election clerks prepare to finalize ballots for the August primaries by May 26 and decisions in the three cases are likely to come quickly.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Khatri approached the undercover officer who had just presented the store’s clerk with a fake $1,000 winning ticket, court records show.—
Jack Jankowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Trump administration officials also want to work toward establishing a Board of Trade with China to address commercial differences between the countries.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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An internal affairs investigation has been launched after San Diego police clashed with several people in the Gaslamp Quarter early Sunday, deploying Tasers and pepper spray as violent fights broke out amid a large crowd, police officials said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Nine were arrested, including two museum employees, several tour guides, and the alleged mastermind.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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An afternoon stroll with Oscar (Diego Calva), who begins as Arlo’s social worker and becomes Peter’s love interest, is invitingly honey-colored in the sunlight, while a druggy nightclub hookup devolves into a dreamy blur of body parts.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Others are alive with the sound of hammers and saws, as workers frame new construction.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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At scale, the petty-minded bureaucrats implementing an agenda to sanitize American history, and to erase or suppress political dissent, have committed and will continue to commit a great deal of mischief.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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The free market allows discovery of best ways to inhibit and punish undesirable behavior — ways politicians and bureaucrats could never discover.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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