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as in officer
a person who holds a public office
the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant
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as in civil servant
a worker in a government agency
concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll
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Recent Examples of public servant
President Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public servants.
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
But Lord Cromwell insists that his aristocratic lineage has little bearing on his work as a public servant in the halls of Westminster.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the most prominent public servants in Arizona history is being inducted into the Arizona Farm and Ranch Hall of Fame for his work on the Central Arizona Project.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
This public servant has carried out his duties under the most extreme circumstances.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
But Lord Cromwell insists that his aristocratic lineage has little bearing on his work as a public servant in the halls of Westminster.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the most prominent public servants in Arizona history is being inducted into the Arizona Farm and Ranch Hall of Fame for his work on the Central Arizona Project.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
This public servant has carried out his duties under the most extreme circumstances.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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The company recently tapped former Amazon executive Peter Hill as its chief technology officer.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2025
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Actors portraying returning Hill Street officers include Charles Haid, Michael Warren, Kiel Martin, Taurean Blacque, Betty Thomas and Ed Marinaro, a new regular.—
Gail Williams,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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Senior civil servants are required to resign two years before standing for public office.—
Dayana Iwaza,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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China has increased civil servant salaries in a move to boost its struggling economy, reports.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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The child experienced symptoms of fever and eye irritation, and has since fully recovered, officials said.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The closures, which will force parents to scramble for options, are part of a trend of cuts and closures to early childhood programs as affordable child care remains out of reach for many families, despite promises to expand options from the mayor and governor, officials said.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some parents, for example, said nursing home administrators told them their children couldn’t go home until the family had a large private bedroom for the disabled child.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the beginning of this school year, Johnson had asked academic administrators to prepare budget cuts of up to 15%, with the athletics department facing a 25% cut, according to The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The policy clearly states an employee should not try to stop a federal agent from arresting someone.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Fire crews were filling sandbags for communities while county workers installed barriers and cleared drainage pipes and basins.—
Marcio Jose Sanchez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Military forces were sent to Maryland, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after violent clashes between railroad workers and local enforcement, the National Guard and private militias, the Washington D.C.-based research foundation reported.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Americans see a broken federal government — but aren’t as concerned about the ‘deep state’ As Trump sweeps into his second term with promises to cut regulations and reduce the role of government bureaucrats, most Americans think the federal government has serious problems.—
Linley Sanders,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Those bureaucrats, in order to save face for the Communist Party, have sanctioned the Rubio from before.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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