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
Alas, technocrats keep grinding away at products that aim to increase your quality of life by a few percentage points by cutting out friction and inconvenience.
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Pete Cottell, Wired News, 17 July 2025
Rather than militias, this new axis – anchored by the bloc of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt – is run by government technocrats and pragmatists who put stability, cross-border economic cooperation, and prosperity first.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2025
Gaza would come under the separate authority of a committee of technocrats with the possibility of eventually becoming part of the Palestinian quasi-state.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The president's office named 22 ministers, many of whom were technocrats.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Pete Cottell, Wired News, 17 July 2025
Rather than militias, this new axis – anchored by the bloc of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt – is run by government technocrats and pragmatists who put stability, cross-border economic cooperation, and prosperity first.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2025
Gaza would come under the separate authority of a committee of technocrats with the possibility of eventually becoming part of the Palestinian quasi-state.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The president's office named 22 ministers, many of whom were technocrats.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technocrat
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With cybercriminals already having stolen over $2 billion in 2025, according to DeFiLlama, a 77% increase from 2024, the weaknesses of the DeFi ecosystem continue to prove lucrative for hackers and other criminal elements.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In turn, Agee’s ARGUS techie character, John Economos, would serve a more substantial role.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
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Many of Darrow’s staffers are techies working in research and development who also have legal training.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Technocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technocrat. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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