bureaucratic
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Denmark sorts its garbage into 10 official categories, so that throwing something away becomes a small bureaucratic exam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tell her it’s a bureaucratic minefield that would stress anyone out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the 1949 classic, a small group of Londoners discover treasure and declare independence making them exempt from post-war rationing and other bureaucratic restrictions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Coveting the directorship as a way to build his own bureaucratic empire, Hoover concealed from Stone the extent of his role in domestic surveillance operations and promised to disband the intelligence division.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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