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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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Sutter patients wait too long for imaging tests, said Mark Sevco, the health systems’ chief operating officer.Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
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The incident was reported at around 12:35 p.m. local time on Tuesday, officers confirmed in the statement.Becca Longmire, People.com, 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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Plans by the new owner of basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan’s former mansion to sell $1 million co-ownership interests in the property appear legally permissible, Highland Park officials said Monday.Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Before these orders were issued, Monterey County officials advised people living in certain zones (MRY-B047 and MRY-B053) to close windows and doors and shut off air systems.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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His only exceptions were clerks, postmasters and enlisted personnel in the military.Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Postal service clerks, executive secretaries, and payroll staff top the list of shrinking roles, with changes driven by factors including (but not limited to) AI adoption.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 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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The test administrator injects dye into the blood vessels.Sarah Bradley, Health, 17 Jan. 2025
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Along with the influx of people came support volunteers, with many donating items or offering assistance to the Red Cross employees already stationed there.Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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In an Atwater Village Chipotle, customers and employees alike sighed and picked up their phones.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rudy Giuliani is set to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom Friday as a federal judge considers a request from two Georgia election workers to hold the former New York City mayor in contempt for allegedly continuing to defame them in violation of a court order.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Employers added 256,000 workers last month, surpassing economist expectations of 155,000 jobs added, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Friday showed.Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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But in Washington, the techno-libertarian pivot demands that regulators’ overreach be confined to the echo chambers of an ever-dwindling group of bureaucrats—and their rules remain unwritten. Follow me on Twitter.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Vivek Ramaswamy [Archival audio]: Elon Musk and I are in a position to start the mass deportations of millions of unelected federal bureaucrats out of the D.C. bureaucracy.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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