civil servant
noun
1
: a member of a civil service
2
: a member of the administrative staff of an international agency
Examples of civil servant in a Sentence
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Like other civil servants, immigration judges can't be fired because of their politics.
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 June 2025
Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
As the face of the Trump administration's indiscriminate government liquidation, Musk is on the hook for all the consequences—plane crashes, foodborne illness outbreaks, and more—of his Year-Zero elimination of civil servants that actually costs taxpayers money.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original film, brings a sensible compassion to Mrs. Kekoa, a social worker who is less looming villain and more genuine civil servant.
—EW.com, 20 May 2025
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 June 2025
Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
As the face of the Trump administration's indiscriminate government liquidation, Musk is on the hook for all the consequences—plane crashes, foodborne illness outbreaks, and more—of his Year-Zero elimination of civil servants that actually costs taxpayers money.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original film, brings a sensible compassion to Mrs. Kekoa, a social worker who is less looming villain and more genuine civil servant.
—EW.com, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for civil servant
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20servant. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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