bureaucrat

Example Sentences

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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 now earnings from years of service are yanked away at the whim of a bureaucrat.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

“Our folks’ lives are more important than what some bureaucrat wants us to do.”

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

Spy line: Joe yells at an intrusive bureaucrat, “I choose the assets. I choose the cover. I build the plan. And I run it. Me!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 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