as in officials
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 bureaucrats
Trump is the one person who can stop this proposal with one word to the federal bureaucrats who put forth this plan.
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Shane Weddle, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Education decisions belong with parents, not bureaucrats.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
When Vance attended the annual Munich Security Conference as a first-term senator, in 2024, he got fed up with the European Union bureaucrats and took off early to reconnect with Dreher, who had come from Budapest, over beer and sausages.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
That’s assuming state bureaucrats can even figure out the billionaires’ worth.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Biden bureaucrats and political appointees were more interested in protecting their bureaucratic turf than facilitating the care veterans needed.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Put the undocumented immigrants and lifelong bureaucrats and NATO and blue cities on watch.
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
—Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The bureaucrats operating Obamacare couldn’t care less about the taxpayers footing the bill.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Shane Weddle, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Education decisions belong with parents, not bureaucrats.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
When Vance attended the annual Munich Security Conference as a first-term senator, in 2024, he got fed up with the European Union bureaucrats and took off early to reconnect with Dreher, who had come from Budapest, over beer and sausages.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
That’s assuming state bureaucrats can even figure out the billionaires’ worth.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Biden bureaucrats and political appointees were more interested in protecting their bureaucratic turf than facilitating the care veterans needed.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Put the undocumented immigrants and lifelong bureaucrats and NATO and blue cities on watch.
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
—Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The bureaucrats operating Obamacare couldn’t care less about the taxpayers footing the bill.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrats
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While a source familiar with the situation said the meeting was cordial, Pentagon officials did not just threaten to cancel Anthropic’s $200 million contract with them, but also a designation that could threaten their bottom line.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Del Mar’s housing element, which outlines plans to accommodate new housing across all income levels, was approved by state housing officials several months after the preliminary development application.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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That year, employees at Alphabet's Google protested the Pentagon's use of the company's AI to analyze drone footage, straining relations between Silicon Valley and Washington.—
Andrea Shalal,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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Some voters reported navigators and election clerks even sent them to the wrong locations.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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A number of public officials — Griswold, Rubinstein, Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of county clerks — have repeatedly urged the governor not to reduce Peters’ sentence, and similar efforts have been made behind the scenes.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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More than funding, though, is needed transparency by IDNR functionaries with marina boaters and Winthrop Harbor officials.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their prestige suffers because it is conflated in the public’s mind with long lines at the DMV, fastidious building inspectors, parking tickets—the stuff of local functionaries.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Groups representing 700,000 workers at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have also signed an open letter.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bureaucrats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrats. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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