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bureaucratic

[byoor-uh-krat-ik] / ˌbyʊər əˈkræt ɪk /








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Conferring with the personnel department, Bass reduced some of the bureaucratic obstacles to hiring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Travis Haines, a lieutenant colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, told the BBC he believes the boost in recruitment is in large part tied to the military reducing bureaucratic hurdles.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Some of this is due to the complicated and sometimes bureaucratic system for making claims.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“Without his gifts as a bureaucratic finagler, the shows just wouldn’t have got on. I owe him much. Leave it at that.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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