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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / bjʊˈrɒk rə si /


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Bureaucracy and a conservative automotive sector are also slowing down large-scale adoption of the technology, even though it has been available for a long time, according to professor Lina Bertling Tjernberg.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

What Danielle Crittenden has dubbed the Bureaucracy of Death came calling shortly after Valentine’s Day 2024 to inform her that Miranda, her adored 32-year old daughter, had been discovered lifeless in her Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Bureaucracy, entrenched monopolies and money-losing government-owned companies have stultified Tunisia’s economy, economists say, and it can ill afford to lose the foreign currency brought in by tuna.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023

I didn’t think it was that funny when Mafalda named her pet turtle Bureaucracy, called for it, and spent several panels waiting for it to arrive.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2020

We may add to Gokhale's tests one more, which will be triumphantly passed, the success of the Bureaucracy in increasing the cost of administration.

From The Case for India by Besant, Annie Wood




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