as in clerk
a worker in a government agency
the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house
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Recent Examples of bureaucrat
Its most important accomplishment is scrapping the power of the unelected and unaccountable administrative state composed of left-wing bureaucrats via Elon Musk's DOGE and Secretary of State Marco Rubio's reorganization of the State Department.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Vought previously criticized federal bureaucrats in private speeches in 2023 and 2024, particularly the EPA, according to reporting by the nonprofit investigative news site Pro Publica.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Weber saw that bureaucrats’ strength lies in their mastery of specialized knowledge.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
Civilian bureaucrats have a new career springboard: working in the occupied territories hastens their promotions.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Vought previously criticized federal bureaucrats in private speeches in 2023 and 2024, particularly the EPA, according to reporting by the nonprofit investigative news site Pro Publica.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Weber saw that bureaucrats’ strength lies in their mastery of specialized knowledge.
—Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
Civilian bureaucrats have a new career springboard: working in the occupied territories hastens their promotions.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
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Court documents suggest Dugan was alerted to the agents' presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in the hallway.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
13 May 2025
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The ‘Appellate Guru’: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro Founding partner of New York firm Shapiro Arato Bach, Shapiro began her legal career more than 30 years ago serving as one of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first clerks.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Kremlin officials will most likely remember the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 after an inconclusive war, which angered many veterans and contributed to the collapse of the Communist state.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Beyond the many prayers recited at the dedication, family members, community organizers, and government officials also made strong calls to action to end violence and conflict so children can grow up and live a full life.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Unlike the party functionaries picked previously, all three grew up in the labor movement.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The play drew on the verbatim testimony of SS officers, Nazi functionaries and camp survivors, to reconstruct the genocidal horror in harrowing, undeniable detail.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original, appears in the new film as the social worker Mrs. Kekoa.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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At the board meeting, Meadowview officials said a social worker spoke with students on Friday and counselors were at the school Monday.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Murati, who was known at OpenAI for her management skills and execution prowess, recruited 20 OpenAI employees before announcing her company in February.—
Anna Tong,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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In 2022, there was an explosion at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid, injuring one Ukrainian employee who was handling a letter addressed to Kyiv’s ambassador to Spain, officials said.—
Al Goodman,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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