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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
Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.
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Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Pelosi said the institute will train advocates, organizers, and public servants of many stripes.
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Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
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
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
Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Pelosi said the institute will train advocates, organizers, and public servants of many stripes.
—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
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
On April 1, as thousands more public servants were fired as part of a massive HHS reorganization, Klote heard from someone in human resources.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servants
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Rodríguez said numerous public officials died in the disaster, including security personnel, municipal employees and military officers.
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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on, officials say.
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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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One of the stops captured in police body camera video shows local officers talking about targeting work vans for ICE — vehicles associated with construction, landscaping and other industries reliant on immigrant labor.
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California State Parks peace officers responded and searched the area with the help of a California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden and animal control officers.
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These examples echo views presented by analysts that making employees redundant while using more AI may not necessarily offer the best route to business growth.
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Instead of pushing for forced, highly technical retraining, leaders should leverage this systemic knowledge by empowering legacy employees to use agentic AI as a data translation layer.
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Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability.
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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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There are fewer opportunities for younger workers to find mentors and soak up knowledge.
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The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation found that workers were installing underground tanks.
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“Public servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servants. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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