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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Reaction to those cuts has focused understandably on the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so and the harm that millions of people could suffer as a result of the shuttering of aid programs.
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
But given the Republican administration’s slate of actions against immigrants, international students, trans people, civil servants and the concept of diversity — along with Trump’s history of anti-immigrant rhetoric — a number of Dodgers fans are expressing disappointment.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The White House touted Thursday’s directive as necessary to end union obstruction at agencies with critical security responsibilities, but the unions said the order eliminates labor protections for hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
But given the Republican administration’s slate of actions against immigrants, international students, trans people, civil servants and the concept of diversity — along with Trump’s history of anti-immigrant rhetoric — a number of Dodgers fans are expressing disappointment.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The White House touted Thursday’s directive as necessary to end union obstruction at agencies with critical security responsibilities, but the unions said the order eliminates labor protections for hundreds of thousands of civil servants.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 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 25 Apr. 2025.
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