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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Completely ignoring the committee's work would be unprecedented, though departments in the past – often driven by career civil servants – have sometimes disagreed with some recommendations.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
One child—civil servant, department level, works in Tianjin.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
But in the end, constitutions are only as strong as the willingness of people—politicians, judges, civil servants, business leaders, and ordinary citizens—to defend them.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
So too have hundreds of Georgian diplomats and civil servants, who have signed open letters calling the delay of EU talks unlawful.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
One child—civil servant, department level, works in Tianjin.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
But in the end, constitutions are only as strong as the willingness of people—politicians, judges, civil servants, business leaders, and ordinary citizens—to defend them.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
So too have hundreds of Georgian diplomats and civil servants, who have signed open letters calling the delay of EU talks unlawful.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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