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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / byʊˈrɒk rə si /


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He used it himself to comb through some 8,000 responses after asking employees how he could reduce bureaucracy, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Claiming an extension is pretty straightforward, as far as taxes and government bureaucracy go.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

But taxes, bureaucracy, and capital controls have kept its financial plumbing offshore where possible, in Singapore, Mauritius, or Dubai.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Editor Danielius Kokanauskis cuts these sequences with Swiss-clock precision, mirroring the cruel precision of Soviet bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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




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