civil servant

Definition of civil servantnext
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 Experts say the Houthis have struggled to pay salaries to civil servants, including public sector doctors and diverted most tax revenues to their military wing. — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The junta has tried to compel civil servants living in Myanmar to come back to work. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 According to a July 23 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), NASA lost a fifth of its civil servant workforce in the past year, with impacts to more than two dozen major projects. — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for civil servant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
Noun
  • Thank you, Jack Smith, for being a dedicated public servant and continuing to do the right thing to help protect American democracy, even after unfounded threats of prosecution.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
  • It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions and public servants sworn to uphold it.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this year, Newsom called for local elections clerks to count ballots faster to head off misinformation ahead of the June 2 primary.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some budgetary concern No formal opposition arguments have been submitted to the registrar-recorder/county clerk.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Minneapolis officials estimated the crackdown’s economic cost at nearly $700 million.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Russia's round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 others, officials said Monday.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Current and past employees hold the remaining 51% equity interest.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Despite disruptions to his company, his priority is to protect his employees.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Prescription drugs filled at a pharmacy represented 18% of a worker’s health care premium in 2021, after factoring in any rebates paid out by manufacturers, according to the consulting and actuarial firm Milliman.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Face masks were distributed to local kindergartens, and mandatory mask mandates were slapped on workers at the nearby Irkutsk Aluminum Plant.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The prosecutor was aware that some people viewed career officials who had remained at the Justice Department as comparable to the bureaucrats who had dutifully followed orders in Nazi Germany.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • His father worked as a bureaucrat in Manhattan; his mother taught piano lessons from their living room.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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