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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
However, as public servants working for a law enforcement agency, every employee at ICE is held to the highest standard of conduct.
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David Goodhue
october 24, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Professors, writers, journalists, engineers, public servants—around a hundred of them—have been killed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you all for being here, and thank you for supporting public service and public servants.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2025
More variety creates more points of entry for young families, public servants and early-career professionals.
—Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Arnold said police aren’t the only public servants with recruitment issues.
—Alexis Martin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
During the presidency of Richard Nixon, public servants at the DOJ felt squeezed between what the president wanted and what the law required.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers are public servants, not reluctant volunteers conscripted into duty.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Our judges are dedicated public servants who serve with integrity.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
David Goodhue
october 24, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Professors, writers, journalists, engineers, public servants—around a hundred of them—have been killed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you all for being here, and thank you for supporting public service and public servants.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2025
More variety creates more points of entry for young families, public servants and early-career professionals.
—Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Arnold said police aren’t the only public servants with recruitment issues.
—Alexis Martin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
During the presidency of Richard Nixon, public servants at the DOJ felt squeezed between what the president wanted and what the law required.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers are public servants, not reluctant volunteers conscripted into duty.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Our judges are dedicated public servants who serve with integrity.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servants
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Several people were being treated at the scene after being knocked to the ground and trampled as those in the crowd ran for cover, CNN affiliate KYW reported, citing officials.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Several trust officials did not immediately respond to email or cellphone messages Friday seeking comment.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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In a post on government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa’s Instagram account, the government said a work-from-home order to civil servants would be extended to Friday.—
Reuters 10 hr ago,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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As a result, many civil servants are wary of serving baijiu at government functions; others are skirting the rule by disguising the clear liquor as water.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The measure would provide $45 billion to expand ICE’s detention capacity to nearly 100,000 beds, $14 billion for transportation and removal operations and $8 billion to hire 10,000 new deportation officers.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, my former agency the NGA is charged with both making maps (the job of explorers) and uncovering what’s really going on in those places (the job of intelligence officers).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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And the best and the brightest will want to become bureaucrats, not entrepreneurs.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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What follows is a story told from the perspective of the politicians, generals, and bureaucrats in charge of the nation's nuclear war machine.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Her remains were discovered about 15 miles away a few weeks later by construction workers.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Public servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servants. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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