as in clerk
a worker in a government agency
the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house
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Recent Examples of bureaucrat
Conservative legal advocates argue that Humphrey’s Executor has allowed unelected bureaucrats to wield executive power without accountability, undermining Article II of the Constitution, which vests executive authority in the president.
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Eventually, some brilliant bureaucrats realized that humans are motivated by competition, and the Florida Python Challenge was born.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Modi's leadership in India has included a permissive stance on letting central bank bureaucrats run the show - in this respect, similar to China's overall stance on digital money.
—Roger Huang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Trump doesn’t apologize for a secure border, for pursuing a trade policy that benefits American workers, for making the U.S. energy independent or for firing unelected bureaucrats who try to stop him.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
Eventually, some brilliant bureaucrats realized that humans are motivated by competition, and the Florida Python Challenge was born.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Modi's leadership in India has included a permissive stance on letting central bank bureaucrats run the show - in this respect, similar to China's overall stance on digital money.
—Roger Huang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Trump doesn’t apologize for a secure border, for pursuing a trade policy that benefits American workers, for making the U.S. energy independent or for firing unelected bureaucrats who try to stop him.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
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Tina Peters served as the clerk and recorder of Mesa County – the official responsible for running the county’s elections.—
Mike Davis,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly pointing a BB gun at a clerk during a robbery at a Southington AutoZone.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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The carcasses were collected for safe disposal, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article A Leesburg couple was sentenced to about 13 years in prison Monday after both parents were convicted in what officials ruled was the starvation death of their baby daughter.—
Silas Morgan,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the party functionaries picked previously, all three grew up in the labor movement.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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As the German journalist Ronen Steinke argues in his own first-rate biography, Bauer’s greatest achievement was a sprawling trial of some 20 German officers and functionaries at Auschwitz, held in a Frankfurt courtroom in the mid-60s.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The only recommendation that CDC makes is people who are taking care of those with measles, perhaps health care workers, might consider an additional booster later in life.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Among workers who have requested raises, over half (57%) only ask for a raise during performance reviews or once per year.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Federal judges have also ruled that the administration’s firing of probationary employees did not follow the appropriate procedures for layoffs and that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the authority to order the firings.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Almost 90,000 federal employees live in Illinois, according to estimates by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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