Thesaurus results for CIVIL SERVANT

civil servant

noun

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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 Over the past several weeks, CBS News has spoken with roughly two dozen Department of Homeland Security personnel spanning career civil servants, uniformed personnel and frontline staff about the institutional strain caused by the partial government shutdown, now in its 68th day. —

Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 Starmer faced a hostile Parliament Monday over his appointment of the disgraced Peter Mandelson as US ambassador; the premier blamed civil servants, a high-risk strategy given that one of those civil servants will be questioned by lawmakers today. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Thailand has ordered civil servants to work from home and take the stairs over elevators until the crisis is over. —

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 See All Example Sentences for civil servant

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Thousands of public servants have been redirected from their usual responsibilities to World Cup duty.

— Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026