civil servant
noun
1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency
Examples of civil servant in a Sentence
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Photos from the capital of Naypyidaw showed multiple buildings used to house civil servants destroyed by the quake, and rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble.
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David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Purging the government of scientists, experts, and career civil servants and slashing fundamental programs will cost lives.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, civil servants still face the looming prospect of more rounds of firings in the months and years ahead.
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Its civil servants have a track record of working fifty-to-sixty-hour weeks, based on spacecraft trajectories rather than terrestrial clocks.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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David Rising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Purging the government of scientists, experts, and career civil servants and slashing fundamental programs will cost lives.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, civil servants still face the looming prospect of more rounds of firings in the months and years ahead.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
Its civil servants have a track record of working fifty-to-sixty-hour weeks, based on spacecraft trajectories rather than terrestrial clocks.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for civil servant
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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