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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
Concerned public servants are some of our most important sources.
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ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
She’s been a tremendous partner and public servant full of integrity, courage, and character.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
President Joe Biden announced the milestone on Thursday, saying his administration restored a promise to America’s teachers, firefighters, nurses and other public servants.
—Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
Social workers are devoted public servants with the training to do the right thing.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
She’s been a tremendous partner and public servant full of integrity, courage, and character.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
President Joe Biden announced the milestone on Thursday, saying his administration restored a promise to America’s teachers, firefighters, nurses and other public servants.
—Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024
Social workers are devoted public servants with the training to do the right thing.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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Police told the person to drop their weapon, but the individual pointed it at officers.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Police were seen around the campus hours after the girl was found and an officer said the school is on lockdown.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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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.Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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One child—civil servant, department level, works in Tianjin.Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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Ahead of the aerospace company are more ground tests and potential modifications to the vehicle to remedy its propulsion system woes and prepare it for routine spaceflight, NASA officials have said.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Several solar panels behind Williams Elementary were damaged last week in a grass fire, according to fire officials.Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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These images, which show the alleged shooter smiling at a hostel clerk in the Upper West Side of New York, have prompted further scrutiny from conspiracy theorists.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Sam’s Club: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Target: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ULTA: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Victoria's Secret: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walgreens: Varies by store Walmart: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reach features news clerk Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
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This program tends to only have a limited amount of emergency funding available, after which point WIC administrators begin to triage support to individuals with the greatest needs.Marley Jay, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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The settlement administrator that verifies claims and assesses them also helps, said Ryan Marth, partner at Robins Kaplan.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Officials said a customer at the McDonald’s recognized Mangione and notified an employee, who then called local police.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The 26-year-old computer science graduate of the University of Pennsylvania was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee at the fast-food restaurant recognized him.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The share of businesses planning to hire more workers increased by 3 points to 18%, the highest in a year.Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Supporters say that this will boost workers’ rights and guard against exploitative work in Kenya’s data labeling sector, which is booming thanks to growing demand for AI training data.Billy Perrigo, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Einstein spends a year in Prague trying to shake out the problems in his theory of relativity and finds inspiration in the insurance bureaucrat Kafka, who is also finding his literary voice.Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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As the controversial New York bureaucrat and city planner, Fiennes strode and charged across a stage dominated by a map of the city, his body a metaphor for Moses’s ability to plow through forests and hills and villages and neighborhoods.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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