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
There had been quite a number of them over the years – a young man in advertising, a television producer, a civil servant, an Indian, even a curate, once.
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Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s most important, both men say, is to allow the career civil servants at BLS to carry out their jobs.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2018, Liu Yuliang, a civil servant in Xinjiang, was ordered to the home of a young police officer in his village.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Decades of research suggest this is true for most federal civil servants, who aim to serve not only their organizations and their missions, but also the public and the nation.
—Yvonne Zylan, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
What’s most important, both men say, is to allow the career civil servants at BLS to carry out their jobs.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2018, Liu Yuliang, a civil servant in Xinjiang, was ordered to the home of a young police officer in his village.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Decades of research suggest this is true for most federal civil servants, who aim to serve not only their organizations and their missions, but also the public and the nation.
—Yvonne Zylan, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for civil servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
Noun
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Arnold said police aren’t the only public servants with recruitment issues.—
Alexis Martin,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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John Aubrey was the consumate public servant.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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This is Mozelle Carr, Skeet’s sister and the county clerk.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Authorities on Friday deemed a threat of a shooting at Sylvan Hills Junior High School and Sylvan Hills High School to not be credible, but Sherwood police provided additional security at the two campuses for the remainder of the school day, a Pulaski County Special School District official said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Sep. 2025
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Reeve’s first technical was being upset with the officials for the physicality being used on Collier in the second quarter.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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University of Arkansas-North Arkansas College employees will benefit from becoming part of a larger network of 28,000 employees within the UA System, which operates with a total budget exceeding $4 billion, according to Micki Somers, the college's director of public relations.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Kelly said trustees needed more time to study policies and to discuss how allowing time for prayer and Bible reading and other religious texts will impact students and employees who are Jewish, Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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Authorities said the building’s foundation pillars gave way while construction workers were laying down concrete.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Union workers at the JFK location in North Little Rock participated in a nationwide strike in December 2024.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is a story involving how a PA lawsuit exposed extremely questionable conduct by one career bureaucrat at the National Security Agency (NSA).—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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Unlike human bureaucrats who resist change, algorithms execute precisely.—
Tanner H. Jones,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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