bureaucratic

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For Michael Miller, getting a project off the ground is usually a bureaucratic juggling act.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Instead of erecting burdensome bureaucratic roadblocks that would stifle progress, we should encourage responsible innovation that serves human dignity and the common good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

We’re talking about an enormous bureaucratic organization with 2,000 years of weird and troubled history, whose massive internal contradictions and bitter factional disputes are only partly visible to outsiders.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

In an earlier post, he blamed "bureaucratic problems" for holding up his plans to modernise the armed forces' equipment and their aircraft.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Perhaps following the lead of the state’s chief executive, Durham first used the bureaucratic device that could be called “Death by Committee.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson