as in governmental
of, relating to, or like a nonelective government official or body of government officials
a bureaucratic institution bureaucratic procedures
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Recent Examples of bureaucratic
The Secret Service has become bureaucratic and complacent and an overhaul is needed, according to an independent review released Thursday of the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Some of Trump’s campaign talking points include trimming bureaucratic agencies, notably doing away with the Department of Education.
—Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Oct. 2024
More rigid and bureaucratic workplaces, however, are far less susceptible to manipulation.
—Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
His mimicry of the inflated language of marketing, bureaucratic euphemism, and hypertechnical mumbo jumbo finds the exact midpoint between amusing and appalling.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Some of Trump’s campaign talking points include trimming bureaucratic agencies, notably doing away with the Department of Education.
—Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Oct. 2024
More rigid and bureaucratic workplaces, however, are far less susceptible to manipulation.
—Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
His mimicry of the inflated language of marketing, bureaucratic euphemism, and hypertechnical mumbo jumbo finds the exact midpoint between amusing and appalling.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucratic. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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