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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
The two hottest public servants in San Francisco get hitched.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Garcia said that those public servants’ departures come at a cost to the critical work of federal agencies.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
However, as public servants working for a law enforcement agency, every employee at ICE is held to the highest standard of conduct.
—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
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Garcia said that those public servants’ departures come at a cost to the critical work of federal agencies.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
However, as public servants working for a law enforcement agency, every employee at ICE is held to the highest standard of conduct.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servants
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In an effort to make that happen, officials with the city of Little Rock presented a plan for the portion of the trail at the Dillard's headquarters on Thursday at an open forum meeting at the Dunbar Community Center, inspiring hope in some cyclists and advocates.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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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,
9 Nov. 2025
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And more did come—mass firings of civil servants, the capture of the highest court, major cutbacks at universities, broad attacks on the civil sector.—
Kim Lane Scheppele,
Time,
6 Nov. 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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The chief and his officers’ conduct, including using chemical agents on residential streets, has spurred federal lawsuits.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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However, a few hours later, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers would find Kinsleigh near death in her mother's home.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Approximately 140 of Crews & Associates' employees are moving their jobs from the downtown office in the River Market District to the new location.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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But for Steiner, of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, the case has forced Israelis to examine the worsening clash between populist politicians and unelected bureaucrats whom some Israelis view as out of touch.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some families had to go without benefits for several days this month, Haynes said, and many federal workers in the Sacramento region are going unpaid in a season when the demand for food assistance always soars.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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On the back end, VA is ramping up AI uses that ease the burden on workers.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Public servants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servants. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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