as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Recent Examples of civil servant
In his final remarks, DiMaria thanked his fellow officials and all of the civil servants who helped make his vision for the north suburban town possible.
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Alan Kozeluh, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Bevan said the men are from all ages and backgrounds: fathers, civil servants, military personnel, and paramedics.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
This nonprofit, supported by Sweden’s prime minister, provides agentic AI free for two years to 2.3 million Swedes, including civil servants, students, teachers, researchers and nonprofits.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Other executive-level turnover among career civil servants is creating vacancies on the bureau's Data Stewardship Executive Policy Committee, a key internal decision-making body focused on protecting the confidentiality of the information collected from survey participants.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Alan Kozeluh, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Bevan said the men are from all ages and backgrounds: fathers, civil servants, military personnel, and paramedics.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
This nonprofit, supported by Sweden’s prime minister, provides agentic AI free for two years to 2.3 million Swedes, including civil servants, students, teachers, researchers and nonprofits.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Other executive-level turnover among career civil servants is creating vacancies on the bureau's Data Stewardship Executive Policy Committee, a key internal decision-making body focused on protecting the confidentiality of the information collected from survey participants.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Student loan borrower advocacy organizations are warning that the Trump administration is taking concrete steps to try to limit student loan forgiveness for public servants under a popular debt relief program.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Those who put their lives on the line deserve nothing less than the full support and resources afforded to all public servants.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Months later, police arrested Hoffman, a store clerk, and he was found guilty of beating the young father-to-be with a claw hammer and shooting him.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The clerk opened the register and stuffed his bag with cash before the man fled on foot.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Among the buildings hit in the Black Sea coastal city were a maternity hospital and an emergency medical center, officials said.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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The suit claims that (airport) officials implemented ad hoc restrictions without public notice or justification, including an undocumented policy that selectively limited the number of Boeing 757-200 aircraft permitted on the ground per day.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The Winter Park Playhouse employee marched against Trump when he was first elected in 2016.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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Other employees saw some men looking into the complex from different sides and taking pictures.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, DC, were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in late May, and an arsonist set the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on fire on the first night of Passover because of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s views on the war in Gaza, according to search warrants.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Food worker with discharge from eyes, nose and/or throat.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
3 June 2025
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Moreover, tensions are emerging among Russian elites as a result of Putin’s efforts to push aside existing business leaders, bureaucrats, and others in favor of loyalists who adhere to the regime’s ideology or at least pay lip service to it, such as war veterans.—
ANDREI YAKOVLEV,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025
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The Empire is full of bickering bureaucrats, which is fun to watch though bad for getting the Death Star done in a timely manner, and Darth Vader power walks into scenes that both undermine his icon status yet also cement it.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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