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
Stories for the waiting room According to Kevin Dutton, a British psychologist and author, and assorted studies, the 10 careers with the highest proportion of psychopaths are CEO, lawyer, TV news personalities, salespeople, surgeons, journalists, police officers, clergy, chefs and civil servants.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
But public interest lawyers and government watchdogs say their experience stands apart as an example of how callously civil servants who have dedicated their professional lives to public service have been treated.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 11 June 2025
Lelong was working as a lawyer and a civil servant at the Conseil d’État in Paris when French art dealer Aimé Maeght asked him to help with the legal formation of the Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation, France’s inaugural contemporary art foundation and museum.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 June 2025
One senior civil servant was reassigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency via an email that arrived late on a Saturday.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
But public interest lawyers and government watchdogs say their experience stands apart as an example of how callously civil servants who have dedicated their professional lives to public service have been treated.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 11 June 2025
Lelong was working as a lawyer and a civil servant at the Conseil d’État in Paris when French art dealer Aimé Maeght asked him to help with the legal formation of the Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation, France’s inaugural contemporary art foundation and museum.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 June 2025
One senior civil servant was reassigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency via an email that arrived late on a Saturday.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Anger and defiance Authorities closed government offices to allow public servants to attend the ceremonies.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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She’s been an example, certainly, of what happens when a public servant lines their pockets in a shady deal.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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After the vote, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, forced Senate clerks to read the entire 940-page bill rather than customarily waiving that chore.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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The clerk forced to read every word of the 1,000-page bill, a delaying tactic by Democrats who really can't do anything else to slow the president's agenda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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According to The Glasgow Times, Irish broadcaster RTE, and the BBC, officials say the human leg belongs to a person who went missing outside of Scotland.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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In all, lottery players won more than $40 million playing scratch-off games last week, officials said.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The median of the total annual compensation of all Meta employees other than Zuckerberg was $417,400 last year.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Texas has now already surpassed New York as the largest base of its workers with 30,000 employees there, and with another 15,000 based in Miami.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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For the first time, a court had ruled against the federal government’s ability to discriminate against gay workers.—
Madelyn Harrington,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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With the new minimum in place, a full-time worker in the nation's capital will earn an additional $727 in annual wages, on average, according to the EPI's calculations.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Before his current stint as an economics professor at Seoul National University, Koo was a seasoned Finance Ministry bureaucrat.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Despite that reassuring distinction, that ramp was closed, because as soon as the kids figure out how to have some good life-threatening fun, a bureaucrat comes along to spoil it.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 June 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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