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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
The charges come a day after former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a 12-month prison term for obtaining valuable items as a public servant and obstruction of justice.
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Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys painted Telles as a devoted family man and public servant who worked to weed out government corruption.
—CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
In New Jersey, where the March jackpot was won, lottery sales are a contributing factor to retirement funds for their public servants.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys painted Telles as a devoted family man and public servant who worked to weed out government corruption.
—CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
In New Jersey, where the March jackpot was won, lottery sales are a contributing factor to retirement funds for their public servants.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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Early last month, the Antioch City Council allocated up to $500,000 for its gun violence reduction initiative to fund long-term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies, whose officers would earn $200 an hour.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Traps have also been set up and officers are using thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to recapture the animals, police said.Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Thousands of civil servants go on strike as part of a nationwide civil disobedience movement.Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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After going on a borrowing binge following the 2008 financial crisis to prop up growth, and then dealing with a costly pandemic, many localities are now struggling to meet daily spending needs, like paying civil servants.L'Oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular dictatorship is growing at China’s expense.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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All three counties that make up Colorado’s 8th Congressional District had concluded ballot counting by late Saturday night, election officials said.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In late October, county clerks had already received 226,646 ballots across the four counties.Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the rollout, which consisted of transferring massive voter datasets from antiquated county systems, was difficult for understaffed and overtaxed county clerk offices.ProPublica, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rocco, a retired teacher and administrator for the district has been a board member for over nine years.Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Causton’s baggage was not unusual for a young administrator of the period, a mixture of gifts and personal goods that might be traded.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cruise’s cooperation included remedial measures such as ensuring that employees identified as responsible for the falsified report are no longer employed by the firm.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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There are more than 18,000 employees at the FDA, according to the agency.Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company issued a follow-up notification at 10:41 a.m. that workers responded to a vapor release while performing maintenance on equipment.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The idea that France or the United Kingdom would allow another state—let alone some unelected bureaucrat in the European Union—to dictate their nuclear postures is fanciful.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Vought said that independent agencies and unelected bureaucrats and experts wield far too much power while the traditional legislative process is a sham.Molly Redden, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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