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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

The typical public employee retires with more than two decades in public service, according the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 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

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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