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
Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
To make things worse for Cuba’s dictatorship, Diaz-Canel is a colorless bureaucrat with zero charisma, and the country’s ultimate behind-the-scenes-ruler, Raúl Castro, is 94.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Instead, the cabinet was led by the independent and unelected Schoof, a career bureaucrat who had led the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD and was the senior official at the ministry of justice.
—Bart H. Meijer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Despite California having the Public Records Act and existing case law that bolsters the public’s right to know, Olson said that bureaucrats in many public institutions ignore the case law.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
To make things worse for Cuba’s dictatorship, Diaz-Canel is a colorless bureaucrat with zero charisma, and the country’s ultimate behind-the-scenes-ruler, Raúl Castro, is 94.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Instead, the cabinet was led by the independent and unelected Schoof, a career bureaucrat who had led the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD and was the senior official at the ministry of justice.
—Bart H. Meijer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Despite California having the Public Records Act and existing case law that bolsters the public’s right to know, Olson said that bureaucrats in many public institutions ignore the case law.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
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After the vote, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, forced Senate clerks to read the entire 940-page bill rather than customarily waiving that chore.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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An overnight reading of the bill would leave the clerks and floor staff weary before senators are scheduled to hold 20 hours of debate on the legislation and then launch into a multihour vote-a-rama.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
29 June 2025
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Know More Democrats were infuriated by the line pushed by the administration and Israeli officials on Sunday: That the strikes had achieved their goal, set back Iran’s nuclear program, and would not lead to any wider war.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
22 June 2025
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Shortly after the Israeli campaign began, Israeli officials alleged that Iran had obtained enough nuclear material to produce 15 nuclear bombs.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Previously, Abbas had served as a longtime PLO functionary, acting as the group’s foreign emissary and fundraiser.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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This economic history argues that America’s prosperity is the product not of an undisturbed free market but, rather, of the hard work of functionaries.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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With the new minimum in place, a full-time worker in the nation's capital will earn an additional $727 in annual wages, on average, according to the EPI's calculations.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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On Tuesday, a Red Cross worker told the Star-Telegram that a few people had stopped by to cool down and get information.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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The median of the total annual compensation of all Meta employees other than Zuckerberg was $417,400 last year.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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The hotel employee who let the man into the room was fired after the incident, Greenberg said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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