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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

It has arguably made her the country's most famous bureaucrat.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

The future of the chief information officer was once in doubt, the role cast as a bureaucrat destined to be replaced by someone, anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

So far, no brat or bureaucrat had ever been able to outsmart her.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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