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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 servants
And more did come—mass firings of civil servants, the capture of the highest court, major cutbacks at universities, broad attacks on the civil sector.
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Kim Lane Scheppele, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
In a post on government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa’s Instagram account, the government said a work-from-home order to civil servants would be extended to Friday.
—Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
As of October, over 211,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce, according to the latest data from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The government has also followed through on Vought’s earlier threat to fire a massive number of civil servants if the shutdown were not averted.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you to the civil servants who made this happen.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Immigration judges, who are more like civil servants, can approve or deny a final order of deportation.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Kim Lane Scheppele, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
In a post on government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa’s Instagram account, the government said a work-from-home order to civil servants would be extended to Friday.
—Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
As of October, over 211,000 civil servants have left the federal workforce, according to the latest data from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The government has also followed through on Vought’s earlier threat to fire a massive number of civil servants if the shutdown were not averted.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you to the civil servants who made this happen.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Immigration judges, who are more like civil servants, can approve or deny a final order of deportation.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servants
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In an effort to make that happen, officials with the city of Little Rock presented a plan for the portion of the trail at the Dillard's headquarters on Thursday at an open forum meeting at the Dunbar Community Center, inspiring hope in some cyclists and advocates.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The two hottest public servants in San Francisco get hitched.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Garcia said that those public servants’ departures come at a cost to the critical work of federal agencies.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Approximately 140 of Crews & Associates' employees are moving their jobs from the downtown office in the River Market District to the new location.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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But for Steiner, of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, the case has forced Israelis to examine the worsening clash between populist politicians and unelected bureaucrats whom some Israelis view as out of touch.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some families had to go without benefits for several days this month, Haynes said, and many federal workers in the Sacramento region are going unpaid in a season when the demand for food assistance always soars.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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On the back end, VA is ramping up AI uses that ease the burden on workers.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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The courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Civil servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servants. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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