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
Lu’s lawyer, John Carman portrayed the case as a mundane bureaucratic blip, not an international spy thriller.
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Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Sung Tieu’s work summons a form of bureaucratic realism, using sculpture, text, and found objects to examine the exclusions imposed by systems of statehood and administrative control.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
Ticket to Work delivers financial discipline without reducing benefits and personal opportunity without bureaucratic hurdles.
—French Hill, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
This unified structure will connect sheriffs and police directly to a centralized IT and administrative hub, eliminating the massive bureaucratic bloat of our current county-by-county system and turning the judiciary into a streamlined, income-generating asset for the state.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Sung Tieu’s work summons a form of bureaucratic realism, using sculpture, text, and found objects to examine the exclusions imposed by systems of statehood and administrative control.
—Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
Ticket to Work delivers financial discipline without reducing benefits and personal opportunity without bureaucratic hurdles.
—French Hill, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026
This unified structure will connect sheriffs and police directly to a centralized IT and administrative hub, eliminating the massive bureaucratic bloat of our current county-by-county system and turning the judiciary into a streamlined, income-generating asset for the state.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucratic
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Eight people were arrested at the demonstration, Gothamist said, and were charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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What Villars told me is that the ocean economy is entering a phase of decentralized and cross-sector collaboration, instead of grand inter-governmental treaties.—
Natalie Sum Yue Chung,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Navinchandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, had some more details to share with his peers during a parliamentary sitting yesterday.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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As a representative, Nabbanja served as the treasurer of the National Resistance Movement Parliamentary Caucus (2011–16) and as a parliamentary commissioner (2016–19).—
Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
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Szabo, the city administrative officer, issued a grim warning this week about the proposal heading to the November ballot that would repeal the city’s business tax, depriving the city of about $860 million per year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Samoudi says one of his cellmates, Louay Turkman, a 22-year-old from Jenin who was also held under administrative detention, became gravely ill one night.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucratic. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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