as in hacker
a scientist or technical expert and especially one with much authority
A group of experienced technocrats were tasked with implementing the company's cybersecurity measures.
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Recent Examples of technocrat
Instead, our species’ overreliance on the programs had generated an upper ruling class of technocrats that soon presided over all aspects of society.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Zoltan Tarr, the second-highest leader in Tisza, told Politico in a piece published Monday that his party hopes to draft business leaders, outside experts, and other technocrats without political experience for their hypothetical government.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Like it or not, the industry is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats.
—CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Zoltan Tarr, the second-highest leader in Tisza, told Politico in a piece published Monday that his party hopes to draft business leaders, outside experts, and other technocrats without political experience for their hypothetical government.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Like it or not, the industry is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats.
—CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technocrat
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The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic says that a slower, more cautious approach is needed to slow the arms race ignited by AI in the hands of hackers.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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The result is a scathing takedown that will find techies throughout the Valley looking over their shoulders and speculating on who is who amongst the show’s motley collection of fictional backstabbers obsessed with growing their profit margin and amassing wealth and power.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Those intelligence agents and techies also failed to identify the U.S. coming in.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Technocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technocrat. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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