as in governmental
of, relating to, or like a nonelective government official or body of government officials
a bureaucratic institution bureaucratic procedures
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Recent Examples of bureaucratic
Winding its way through tax tribunals and the county treasurer's office all the way to the Michigan Court of Appeals through a trail of unseen revocation notices, jurisdictional conflicts and behind-the-scenes bureaucratic handwringing, that eventually got worked out.
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Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The government has started to make some progress on upgrading its systems, but decades of siloing and bureaucratic processes have created entrenched lags that are hindering innovation.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Previous reporting by The Current and ProPublica revealed that was due to glitches in the digital platform people must use to enroll, chronic understaffing in the state agency charged with enrollment help and a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The government has started to make some progress on upgrading its systems, but decades of siloing and bureaucratic processes have created entrenched lags that are hindering innovation.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Previous reporting by The Current and ProPublica revealed that was due to glitches in the digital platform people must use to enroll, chronic understaffing in the state agency charged with enrollment help and a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucratic
Adjective
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Curriculums teach about the laws and governmental acts in place that withheld education and advancement from the enslaved, but skip over the intellect and radical acts Black people achieved anyway.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Such strong governmental oversight separates broadcasting from any other medium of mass communication in the United States.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Motions by the far-left and far-right both failed, averting the possibility of snap parliamentary elections.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though the organizers urged peace, these protests, too, turned violent, with police firing on demonstrators and crowds then setting fire to the parliamentary building and government leaders’ homes.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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The department has placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of his immigration case but has not conceded fault, insisting that all standard vetting protocols were followed.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Henrikson, a fellow sixth-grade Gifted and Talented Education teacher, was placed on administrative leave after rallying at school board meetings and public demonstrations to bring Rupert back to the 60th Street campus.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucratic. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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