technocrat

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 When Musk and other technocrats attempt to scale this approach to the sprawling, adaptive systems of nation-states and global society, its limitations become apparent. Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 In three years, murders fell by around half in New York, other violent crimes also declined, and Bratton became the face of the new police chief: a technocrat who brought quants to law enforcement. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025 At those meetings, Egypt will likely propose forming a committee of Palestinian technocrats and community leaders, all unaffiliated with Hamas, who could run Gaza after the war, according to two Arab diplomats, a senior Western official and Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland. Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 Simion, running on a nationalist, anti-EU platform, has gained momentum, particularly among the Romanian diaspora, where Dan, a pro-European technocrat, is relying on high voter turnout abroad to secure victory. Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for technocrat
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  • In fact, cybersecurity researchers are warning that hackers have started exploiting flaws in these chatbots to carry out AI phishing attacks.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
  • Researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group said that hackers are compromising SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances, which sit at the edge of enterprise networks and manage and secure access by mobile devices.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
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  • Condon is marvelous as the tough techie who, naturally, falls for Sonny, because the dude is Brad Pitt.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 17 June 2025
  • But in this city, diversity goes beyond nationality; the city’s allure for the LGBTQ community and ex–Silicon Valley techies gives it a sense of welcome that many people are embracing.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025

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“Technocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technocrat. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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