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
Jeffrey Epstein's cabal of politicians, bureaucrats, and elites who turned a blind eye must be held accountable.
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Anna Commander
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Every head of every government in the world has been frustrated with bureaucrats.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Reviewing fake CDLs experts say are sometimes issued by unscrupulous American trucking schools or bribed Mexican bureaucrats.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Anna Commander
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Every head of every government in the world has been frustrated with bureaucrats.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Reviewing fake CDLs experts say are sometimes issued by unscrupulous American trucking schools or bribed Mexican bureaucrats.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
Noun
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Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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This is Mozelle Carr, Skeet’s sister and the county clerk.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Authorities on Friday deemed a threat of a shooting at Sylvan Hills Junior High School and Sylvan Hills High School to not be credible, but Sherwood police provided additional security at the two campuses for the remainder of the school day, a Pulaski County Special School District official said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Sep. 2025
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Reeve’s first technical was being upset with the officials for the physicality being used on Collier in the second quarter.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Since then, there have been many more arrests—especially of regional functionaries at various levels.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some were alarmed by reports that mid-tier functionaries at Exxon have been engaged in backchannel discussions with Rosneft.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Authorities said the building’s foundation pillars gave way while construction workers were laying down concrete.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Union workers at the JFK location in North Little Rock participated in a nationwide strike in December 2024.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
29 Sep. 2025
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University of Arkansas-North Arkansas College employees will benefit from becoming part of a larger network of 28,000 employees within the UA System, which operates with a total budget exceeding $4 billion, according to Micki Somers, the college's director of public relations.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Kelly said trustees needed more time to study policies and to discuss how allowing time for prayer and Bible reading and other religious texts will impact students and employees who are Jewish, Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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