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
Across the country, tens of thousands of civil servants are rushing to input voter details into a database, by hand.
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
By the start of December 2025, over 200,000 civil servants had left the federal workforce, including nearly 5,000 from NASA, 600 from NSF and at least 14,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, the parent department of NIH.
—Kenneth M. Evans, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
But last year, the number of civil servants who earned over $1 million climbed to nine.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Some civil servants and senior officials, however, are experiencing bouts of conscience.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
By the start of December 2025, over 200,000 civil servants had left the federal workforce, including nearly 5,000 from NASA, 600 from NSF and at least 14,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, the parent department of NIH.
—Kenneth M. Evans, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
But last year, the number of civil servants who earned over $1 million climbed to nine.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Some civil servants and senior officials, however, are experiencing bouts of conscience.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
Noun
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His leadership, humility, and courage left a lasting mark on our state and set an example for generations of public servants.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Secretary of State called the event an attempt to frighten public servants.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Last year, in an effort to bring at least some unofficial results to the county faster, Forlini and the county sheriff offered a program where a deputy and a county clerk employee went to municipalities to pick up the sticks and drive them back to the county elections department in Mount Clemens.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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In September 2017, Singer petitioned the clerk of Palm Beach County to legally change his name to Hunter Barrett Scott.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Federal officials have said agents, including those part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are seeing increases in assaults and threats against them.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Universities have long balked at the idea that their athletes are employees in some way.—
ANDREW DESTIN,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the time of his arrest, Willis a probationary employee for the GCSO, per the agency's news release.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The same Georgia plant where Hyundai plans to test out Atlas was the site of a federal immigration raid last year that led to the arrests of hundreds of workers, including more than 300 South Korean citizens.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Karmen Black, a licensed social worker and Minneapolis resident, received the Heroic Act Award from the United States Lifesaving Association on Monday during a ceremony at Minneapolis Fire Station 5.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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But for Steiner, of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, the case has forced Israelis to examine the worsening clash between populist politicians and unelected bureaucrats whom some Israelis view as out of touch.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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