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
What’s at stake extends beyond bureaucratic dysfunction to measurable harm.
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Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The sentence’s restrained temperament with its eerie bureaucratic authority, quiet yet menacing.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The meeting seemed like additional, bureaucratic oversight that just slowed them down even more.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the cuts could undermine the efforts of Lee and others who assist foreign lawyers and victims of injustice facing harassment, retaliation and bureaucratic brick walls, from Latin America to Kyrgyzstan and several nations in Africa.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
The sentence’s restrained temperament with its eerie bureaucratic authority, quiet yet menacing.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The meeting seemed like additional, bureaucratic oversight that just slowed them down even more.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the cuts could undermine the efforts of Lee and others who assist foreign lawyers and victims of injustice facing harassment, retaliation and bureaucratic brick walls, from Latin America to Kyrgyzstan and several nations in Africa.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucratic
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Lots of variations are being tossed around about whether the originating maker of AGI would be allowed to keep AGI and run it on behalf of the world or be set to the side as a result of the governmental taking of AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s why governmental policies geared towards addressing the needs of those who are hit first and hardest by a crisis, in the end, benefit everybody.—
Marianne Cooper,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Metsola defended the decision as consistent with parliamentary procedure and offered condolences.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since last summer’s parliamentary election failed to deliver a majority to any one party or bloc, two governments have collapsed amid dispute over the coming year’s budget — reigniting concerns the country is on an unsustainable fiscal track.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Machados, who own the property where the fireworks companies operated, were placed on administrative leave.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fire rages through the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025 amid widespread protests.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucratic. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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