as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Recent Examples of civil servant
Before receiving mass layoff plans due March 12 from federal agencies, Trump has instituted new rules and personnel changes that would give the president more control over agency employees − including both his own appointees and career civil servants.
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Greenland would need to hold a referendum to break away from Denmark as part of a larger, lengthy process that could take 10-15 years, Kaj Kleist, a veteran Greenlandic politician and civil servant, told BBC.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
During the Biden administration, when top-ranking civil servants within the communications office retired in recent years, they were replaced by political appointees, not career executives who would stay on after the White House changed hands.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
Since January, authorities have summarily dismissed tens of thousands of civil servants with no means of appeal, setting off dozens of protests across the country.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Greenland would need to hold a referendum to break away from Denmark as part of a larger, lengthy process that could take 10-15 years, Kaj Kleist, a veteran Greenlandic politician and civil servant, told BBC.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
During the Biden administration, when top-ranking civil servants within the communications office retired in recent years, they were replaced by political appointees, not career executives who would stay on after the White House changed hands.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
Since January, authorities have summarily dismissed tens of thousands of civil servants with no means of appeal, setting off dozens of protests across the country.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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Individually, public servants who lose their jobs or who are threatened with job loss have very little power.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2025
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Bondi, a fourth-generation Floridian, was born in 1965 to two public servants, one of whom also found a way to get wealthy.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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She was released from custody on $300,000 bond, according to the Waterbury Judicial District clerk’s office, and is next due in court on March 26.—
Michelle Krupa,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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The deed to your property can be retrieved from your respective county clerk’s office.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with a trio of high-ranking Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where diplomats hammered out a proposal for peace that would establish a preliminary 30-day ceasefire.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
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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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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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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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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Eventually, some brilliant bureaucrats realized that humans are motivated by competition, and the Florida Python Challenge was born.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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