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bureaucrat

[byoor-uh-krat] / ˈbyʊər əˌkræt /
NOUN
government official
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Filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro is just over 42, young enough to think like this bathroom-fixated bureaucrat who doesn’t seem to think getting old will happen to them either.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But in 2021, a low-level National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bureaucrat banned anyone from swimming within 50 yards of Hawaiian spinner dolphins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

A bureaucrat, who works closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently said that the government was actively encouraging overseas Indians to return and contribute to nation-building.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 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

He had fought for South Africa during World War II in North Africa and Italy, but after his return, a white bureaucrat had reclassified him as African.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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