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
The third of a tea seller’s six children, Modi is a departure from the pedigreed, English-speaking bureaucrats who governed India for most of its post-independence history.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
That’s not surprising, given that the state’s education bureaucrats consciously developed the multipoint dashboard to conceal the chronic lack of academic achievement.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024
Well meaning, whack-a-mole solutions touted by ideological special interests (or highway products engineers and bureaucrats) need a hard data approach that few advocates have welcomed or supported.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
Higginbotham brings readers into the lives of astronauts, engineers and bureaucrats involved with NASA’s space program.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
The implication was that any competent private-sector manager could do a better job than the politicians and bureaucrats who only served themselves.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Power Redistribution The president-elect plans to diminish the influence of federal bureaucrats and regulations across various economic sectors, portraying regulatory cuts as a remedy for economic growth.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
The White House must identify influential bureaucrats and convince them that change serves not only the national interest but also their agencies’ interests.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The British focused on the repressed anger that many ordinary Germans felt toward Nazi bureaucrats.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
That’s not surprising, given that the state’s education bureaucrats consciously developed the multipoint dashboard to conceal the chronic lack of academic achievement.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024
Well meaning, whack-a-mole solutions touted by ideological special interests (or highway products engineers and bureaucrats) need a hard data approach that few advocates have welcomed or supported.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
Higginbotham brings readers into the lives of astronauts, engineers and bureaucrats involved with NASA’s space program.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
The implication was that any competent private-sector manager could do a better job than the politicians and bureaucrats who only served themselves.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Power Redistribution The president-elect plans to diminish the influence of federal bureaucrats and regulations across various economic sectors, portraying regulatory cuts as a remedy for economic growth.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
The White House must identify influential bureaucrats and convince them that change serves not only the national interest but also their agencies’ interests.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The British focused on the repressed anger that many ordinary Germans felt toward Nazi bureaucrats.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrats
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While 10 employees received and posted a minimum bond since they were arrested, one individual was deported and one remains detained, according to the motion filed by immigrant legal services and advocacy nonprofit National Immigrant Justice Center.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2025
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Sign up here to get our weekly newsletter for California employees.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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Platt along with his department heads, city planners and office clerks worked alongside the snow removal pros in the public works department with an aggressive attack that’s common in many northern cities, but which was unheard of in Kansas City a few years ago.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2025
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Because the robbers were wearing masks, the store clerks also couldn’t conclusively identify Knight or any other accomplices.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Someone left the two puppies in front of the shelter’s door while workers were on a lunch break, according to social media posts.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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With technological advancements in AI and machine learning threatening to displace workers—or, at least, that’s a fear—these innately human competencies will set businesses apart.—
Juan Carlos Santiago,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Bureaucrats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrats. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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