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Definitions

civil service

NOUN
bureaucracy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administration authority management ministry red tape
STRONG
directorate government officialdom officials
WEAK
beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment the system
NOUN
public service
Synonyms
WEAK
benevolences good works philanthropies public life works

Example Sentences

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Cap bearing the badge of the Indian Police Service, the highest-trained level of police officers who must pass the Indian civil service exam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"I am going to appeal to all female aspiring candidates to ensure that they record all these cases," Mainga Kabika, the civil service head of the gender division in the president's office, said on Monday.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

State Department officials say the administration’s cuts to the civil service haven’t affected their ability to respond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Carter’s administration instituted the most sweeping reforms of the civil service since 1883’s Pendleton Act, which replaced the spoils system and created a professional, merit-based system.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

“Being everyone’s mother again. D’you know, there are girls getting all sorts of jobs now. Even taking the civil service exams. That would please the Old Man.”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan