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 are cash shortages, and the salaries for civil servants haven’t been paid out, even for many Houthi fighters.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs, Vietnam is encouraging workers to log in from home, and the Philippines is pushing for a four-day work week.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
And third, the core AXIS study team, which was headquartered at Goddard Space Flight Center, was dominated by NASA civil servants who were furloughed during the 6-week-long shutdown in late 2025.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Thailand ordered civil servants to take the stairs, Vietnam is encouraging workers to log in from home, and the Philippines is pushing for a four-day work week.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
And third, the core AXIS study team, which was headquartered at Goddard Space Flight Center, was dominated by NASA civil servants who were furloughed during the 6-week-long shutdown in late 2025.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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For a president to cast such ungodly stones at a deceased public servant is staggering.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The school nurtured generations of students who went on to become educators, business leaders, public servants and community advocates.—
Danita R. DeHaney,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Moriarty does part-time seasonal election work for the clerk’s office and has worked various positions such as election judge and field tech.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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This is an election year for some county commissioners, clerks, treasurers, assessors and coroners in Ada and Canyon counties.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
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Police officials said Abril took the couple hostage during the standoff after a shootout with CHP investigators trying to serve a search warrant at the park.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Past grand juries have issued reports raising awareness of shady land deals, questionable legislative appropriations and officials slow-walking public records requests.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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And all were linked to individuals in Argentina with modest financial backgrounds—a pharmacy employee, a shop worker, a bankrupt businessman—people with no visible connection to multimillion-dollar financial operations.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The employees of Rockin’ Grandma’s roam the grounds of the retreat site, which boasts multiple structures, and are visited by a series of guest speakers whose lectures range from the merely dull to the truly Dada.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Videos and photos from the scene showed thick gray smoke billowing from the complex and some workers jumping from a building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The need for the factory, the Navy explains, is a major labor shortage for key skills like welding, precision machining workers, and other specialist engineers.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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But some Cubans still revere the 1959 revolution, and, as one foreign official told us, have no desire to humiliate Raúl Castro (Fidel’s 94-year-old brother and a former president), or even Díaz-Canel, who is widely viewed as a weak bureaucrat.—
Sarah Fitzpatrick,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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There’s no way to collect that money, but don’t be surprised if the city has to hire more bureaucrats to process the late fees.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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