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bureaucrat

[byoor-uh-krat] / ˈbyʊər əˌkræt /
NOUN
government official
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They sent a lower-ranking bureaucrat to sign it—a diplomatic snub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

"But these were exceptions to the rule - relying on individual brilliance rather than a system that will function even after the bureaucrat is long gone," says Mr Bisen.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

“I completely failed the test,” he said of his experience as a bureaucrat.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Dudek and a fellow Social Security Administration bureaucrat taped the scroll across a wall of a windowless executive office.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

I remember glimpsing a big bureaucrat whose face filled one of the windowpanes and thinking, Maybe he ought to come in here and try it himself.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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