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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 and emotions have never been easy bedfellows.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

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

In the first place, may I point out that we have not up to now non-co-operated with the Bureaucracy?

From Freedom Through Disobedience by Das, C. R. (Chittaranjan)




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