as in clerk
a worker in a government agency
the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house
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Recent Examples of bureaucrat
The second con is to blame bureaucrats at the California Air Resources Board — even though its mostly gubernatorial appointees are precisely following the green Democratic agenda.
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
That’s hundreds of billions of your tax dollars flushed down the drain without swamp bureaucrats blinking an eye.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2025
Ann's most loyal friend on the show was Poehler's type-A local bureaucrat Leslie Knope, and the two explain on the Good Hang interview that their friendship predated Parks' 2009 premiere by several years.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
That is complicit with scheming orchestrated by politicized bureaucrats.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
That’s hundreds of billions of your tax dollars flushed down the drain without swamp bureaucrats blinking an eye.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2025
Ann's most loyal friend on the show was Poehler's type-A local bureaucrat Leslie Knope, and the two explain on the Good Hang interview that their friendship predated Parks' 2009 premiere by several years.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
That is complicit with scheming orchestrated by politicized bureaucrats.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
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In its second phase, the website will host career pathways for 30 job titles, including wholesale sales representatives, security guards, shipping and inventory clerks and even human resources specialists.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The judge in the case was another Floridian, a former justice of the peace, clerk of the court, and lawyer whose appointment was given the stamp of approval by Tallahassee newspapers.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Apr. 2025
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No new trade deals have been reached, although administration officials said negotiations are underway.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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The reasons for Patel's removal have not been made clear, and the change was only communicated to senior ATF officials on Wednesday.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Unlike the party functionaries picked previously, all three grew up in the labor movement.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The hosts were Peter Yates, a functionary at the California Department of Employment, and his wife, the pianist Frances Mullen.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Learn More Auto workers face potential temporarily lay offs amid President Trump's new tariffs 02:17 Mr. Trump has previously reversed course on tariffs, causing upheaval in financial markets and leading economists to raise the odds of the U.S. economy entering a recession this year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The coveted endorsements came from the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents building workers.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Conclusion Effective office spaces are those designed with employees, not just for them.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Lowe’s has about 11,000 employees in the Charlotte region, including 5,000 corporate workers.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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