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as in officials
a person who holds a public office
the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant
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as in civil servants
a worker in a government agency
concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll
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Recent Examples of public servants
Americans are accustomed to showing wide deference to senior military leaders, treating them as dutiful public servants rather than possible enablers of presidential lawlessness.
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Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently.
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Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Both were released on bond from of the Osceola County Jail shortly after surrendering to authorities there on charges of grand theft, defrauding to obtain property, falsifying public records and falsifying official documents as public servants.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
The researchers interviewed public servants about the ethical concerns the new law will bring to their work.
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Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
On April 1, as thousands more public servants were fired as part of a massive HHS reorganization, Klote heard from someone in human resources.
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Megan Molteni,
STAT,
5 June 2026
Many public servants live and work in the capital city, Wellington.
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ABC News,
18 May 2026
Thousands of public servants have been redirected from their usual responsibilities to World Cup duty.
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Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.
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Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently.
—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Both were released on bond from of the Osceola County Jail shortly after surrendering to authorities there on charges of grand theft, defrauding to obtain property, falsifying public records and falsifying official documents as public servants.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
The researchers interviewed public servants about the ethical concerns the new law will bring to their work.
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Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
On April 1, as thousands more public servants were fired as part of a massive HHS reorganization, Klote heard from someone in human resources.
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Megan Molteni,
STAT,
5 June 2026
Many public servants live and work in the capital city, Wellington.
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ABC News,
18 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servants
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San Joaquin County is seeing a rise in rabid bats, but public health officials said not to worry.
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LondonReuters — King Charles will not live at Buckingham Palace after its 10-year refurbishment finishes next year, royal officials said on Thursday, ending nearly two centuries of the central London landmark serving as the British monarch’s primary residence.
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Many other civil servants have thought through this process themselves.
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His government has even started requiring civil servants to ditch Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video conference system.
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Police shot a suspect who allegedly hit multiple officers with a vehicle in the Bronx on Sunday, the New York City Police Department said.
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Family members told officers that a man had been underwater for some time, police said.
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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.
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One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.
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The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard.
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Just like there’s a dream of a workplace without workers, there’s a dream of a government without bureaucrats, right?
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The facilities can create thousands of jobs for construction workers and generate significant revenue for local governments due to sales and property taxes.
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The highland Indigenous and rural workers' groups — who long supported MAS but helped vault Paz to power last year — have led the protests, accusing his government of neglecting their needs since entering office.
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“Public servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servants. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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