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
Thailand has ordered civil servants to work from home and take the stairs over elevators until the crisis is over.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Starmer fired the top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, within hours of the revelation by The Guardian last week.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Essential infrastructure such as schools, housing for married civil servants, malls and other places for entertainment are still missing.
—Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Starmer fired the top Foreign Office civil servant, Olly Robbins, within hours of the revelation by The Guardian last week.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Downing Street has blamed the Foreign Office for the failure, and a top civil servant has reportedly been sacked.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Essential infrastructure such as schools, housing for married civil servants, malls and other places for entertainment are still missing.
—Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Seymour made no apologies for selling himself as a public servant while simultaneously seeking more power.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hart, however, made a wonderful senator, a model public servant and an inspiring statesman.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Many departments, including code enforcement, registrar, the clerk's office, health, tax and finance and assessor's office, are closed due to a power outage.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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To back off from that charge, district officials proposed raising average class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade from 24-to-1 to 28-to-1, according to the district.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Allen attempted to storm the dinner on foot, carrying multiple guns and knives, and planned to kill top officials, starting with the highest-ranking, according to the criminal complaint.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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According to one former Kinahan employee, McGovern was a generous and well-liked person during his stint in Dubai, and was known as a heavy tipper.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Legends fictionalizes the true story of British customs employees who went undercover in the '90s to infiltrate drug smuggling gangs.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Much like the demonstrations two decades ago, organizers on Friday also called for a general boycott — no school, no work, no shopping — in an effort to demand that the country put workers above billionaires by taxing the rich.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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On Friday afternoon, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 57-year-old worker as Thomas Darcy, a Schaumburg resident.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Local communities, not federal bureaucrats, deciding what enters their own marketplace is not a radical idea.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Take away the competition, substitute bureaucrats for private ownership, and the mess starts.—
Star Parker,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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