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public employee

NOUN
civil servant
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With fond memories of living in the condo complex in his 20s, the 43-year-old public employee decided to buy a two-bedroom unit, sight unseen, for $260,000 in July 2024.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

She’ll likely make incremental changes to strengthen unions and expand public employee collective bargaining instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Protester Mohammed Daher, a retired public employee, told AFP that he now receives only two hours of electricity a day in the Tadamon suburb of Damascus.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

As Senate leader, he shepherded legislation to buy the last large stands of old-growth redwoods, increase public employee pensions, restrict guns and expand the right to sue, including for victims of sexual harassment.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2025

The public employee had the right of exchanging the money he received for wages, at par, into this scrip.

From Equality by Edward Bellamy




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