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public employee

NOUN
civil servant
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Institutional investors such as public employee pension funds have begun to ask whether the sector deserves their money.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

She offered a litany of measures she signed as governor to lower taxes, boost voter identification requirements and overhaul public employee pensions, among other matters.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

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

From Equality by Bellamy, Edward




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