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
Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
The top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, took the fall for the decision and resigned late Thursday.
—ABC News, 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
The second section deals with the military and civil servants and the courtiers who excelled by dint of their literary skills or musical genius.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
The top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, took the fall for the decision and resigned late Thursday.
—ABC News, 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
The second section deals with the military and civil servants and the courtiers who excelled by dint of their literary skills or musical genius.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
Noun
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Meade feels her journey as a public servant has been guided by her mother, her north star, who worked as a grocery store cashier for 28 years.—
Jenelyn Russo,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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She was charged with disorderly intoxication, battery on an officer/firefighter/EMT, resisting arrest with violence and threatening a public servant, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The clerk then agreed not to exclude particular groups from the pool.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a letter to the clerk's office, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon requested election records, including all ballots, envelopes and receipts.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Submitting a false affidavit could constitute perjury, officials say.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Wildlife officials aren't sure exactly what happened, but believe his mother may have abandoned him because of missing toes on his hind foot.—
Itay Hod,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The closures affected some 14,000 employees at the time.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Clayton Peavey, 31, used a concrete brick to attack a Chick-fil-A employee in March, leaving her with several gashes on her head and requiring stitches.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Research published last year on Japanese nursing homes found that robot adoption reduced worker quit rates and was associated with better care quality.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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When city bureaucrats saw as liabilities schools that had been denied resources, parents saw community anchors.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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This would reset the balance between the executive and legislative branches, demanding the House and Senate not cede excessive authority to unelected bureaucrats who are only too happy to usurp legislative powers.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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