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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / bjʊˈrɒk rə si /


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The government says its changes will strip back bureaucracy and improve patient safety.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

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

Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death.

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

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

But Europe’s kings operated on fixed budgets and weak bureaucracies.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

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

From MarketWatch Nov. 6, 2025

His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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