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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / bjʊˈrɒk rə si /


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Today he is helping Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought reshape the federal bureaucracy.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

However, those pros may be pretty modest when weighed against the costs, paperwork, bureaucracy, and ongoing management and review.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The California Department of Motor Vehicles, long synonymous with slow lines and bureaucracy — immortalized by the sloths of the Department of Mammal Vehicles in Disney’s “Zootopia” — is expanding its digital services.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Fedorov also conducted a forensic analysis of procedures and practices in the ministry, aimed at reducing bureaucracy and improving efficiency.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

This was the first manifestation of what I came to learn was bedrock Jesse ideology: He distrusted almost all authority and bureaucracy.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

The organization runs different budgets for its regular operations and its more costly peacekeeping endeavors, while the specialized agencies handle their own money and bureaucracies.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

But organized grassroots movements have the power to challenge these lethal bureaucracies, whether at home or abroad.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

Committees and bureaucracies can limit AI, but they cannot create meaningful value.

From MarketWatch Nov. 6, 2025

Such bureaucracies were essential not only to governing large and populous domains but also to maintaining standing armies, sending out fleets of exploration, and organizing wars of conquest.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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