bureaucracy
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Regulators and prosecutors are playing catch-up to address a rash of suspicious betting that touches various corners of the federal bureaucracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Ministers say the aim is to "reduce layers of bureaucracy" and free up resources for frontline services.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The pair helped the sick find medicine and guided others through the labyrinth of municipal bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
To its critics, the World Health Organization was an entangled, muddled bureaucracy that had two mottoes: “Slow down” and “It’s not our fault.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing bureaucracy
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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