civil servant
noun
1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency
Examples of civil servant in a Sentence
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
As of October, over 211,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce, according to the latest data from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Prospect also has civil servant members across a variety of government departments.
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The government has also followed through on Vought’s earlier threat to fire a massive number of civil servants if the shutdown were not averted.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
As of October, over 211,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce, according to the latest data from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Prospect also has civil servant members across a variety of government departments.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The government has also followed through on Vought’s earlier threat to fire a massive number of civil servants if the shutdown were not averted.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for civil servant
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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