as in officials
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
Thailand introduced a four-day workweek for civil servants, and ordered higher office air-conditioning temperatures to curb demand.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Starting this week, state institutions, schools and universities, began to operate only four days a week, and civil servants are being ordered to work from home where possible.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There are cash shortages, and the salaries for civil servants haven’t been paid out, even for many Houthi fighters.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 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
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered civil servants to conserve energy and work from home among a raft of measures that also include a suspension of overseas trips and using stairs instead of escalators.
—Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 10 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
Many mullahs have become, in effect, civil servants in turbans.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Starting this week, state institutions, schools and universities, began to operate only four days a week, and civil servants are being ordered to work from home where possible.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Mar. 2026
Thailand has suspended overseas travel for civil servants and urged them to take stairs instead of elevators.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There are cash shortages, and the salaries for civil servants haven’t been paid out, even for many Houthi fighters.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 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
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered civil servants to conserve energy and work from home among a raft of measures that also include a suspension of overseas trips and using stairs instead of escalators.
—Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 10 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
Many mullahs have become, in effect, civil servants in turbans.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servants
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The victim suffered serious injuries to her right ear, right cheek and face, including a laceration that was about 6 inches long, officials said.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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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,
2 Apr. 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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Several House members noted the lasting impact the DHS shutdown will have on public servants.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The possible walkout could involve tens of thousands of employees and affect more than 500,000 students across the nation’s second-largest school district.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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As word spread around city hall that morning that Metayer hadn’t shown up, city employees told Police Chief Mock that they were concerned about the vice mayor’s whereabouts.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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In the Philippines, government offices are now open just four days a week and bureaucrats must limit the use of air conditioning to nothing cooler than 75°F (24°C).—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The barrier was a system so centralized, bureaucrats and procedural that even a straightforward literacy effort became tangled in red tape.—
Daniel L Gordon,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The union and workers agreed to return to work after the company agreed to return for two days of face-to-face contract negotiations beginning April 9.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Seven months later, just eleven kilometres from the coral garden, a blowout on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caused an explosion that killed eleven workers and sent oil gushing up from the seafloor.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Black said his research found older judges rely more on their clerks - and might need more support from colleagues.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2026
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Of those, 65 passed, but clerks at six places sold the tobacco, and they were cited.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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