civil service
noun
: the administrative service of a government or international agency exclusive of the armed forces
especially
: one in which appointments are determined by competitive examination
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Its senior employees are exempt from the ordinary restrictions on civil service pay.
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Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
An honest consideration of the PA’s financial crisis must acknowledge the blatant prioritization of terrorist payments over its civil service.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
But Kennelly viewed himself as a reformer, turning government jobs ripe for patronage into civil service positions.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
Students began protesting on July 1 at the prestigious Dhaka University demanding an end to the government’s quota system, which reserves 30% of civil service posts for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
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Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
An honest consideration of the PA’s financial crisis must acknowledge the blatant prioritization of terrorist payments over its civil service.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
But Kennelly viewed himself as a reformer, turning government jobs ripe for patronage into civil service positions.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
Students began protesting on July 1 at the prestigious Dhaka University demanding an end to the government’s quota system, which reserves 30% of civil service posts for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Civil service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20service. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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