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bureaucratic

adjective as in political

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I really don’t believe it is, and I hate to say that because it sounds so bureaucratic.

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Since Xi took power in 2012, party inspectors have punished more than 6.2 million people for offenses that include corruption, bureaucratic inaction and the leaking of state secrets.

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Armajani’s unusual earthwork joined in: Embracing a legal, bureaucratic form, he pointed to land as a decidedly social structure.

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“I think it helps a lot for people who are victims of fire to see progress,” Abraham told me, saying he’s managed the bureaucratic hurdles and made sure his material suppliers are lined up.

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Villaraigosa also focused on the need to build more housing, criticizing bureaucratic red tape and slow permitting processes.

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