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the system

NOUN

bureaucracy

Synonyms

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administration authority civil service management ministry red tape

STRONG

directorate government officialdom officials

WEAK

beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment

NOUN

establishment

Synonyms

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authority bureaucracy

STRONG

diehards

WEAK

city hall established order old guard powers that be

Antonyms

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proletariat

NOUN

red tape

Synonyms

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bureaucracy

WEAK

authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official forms official procedures officialdom officialism paper shuffling powers that be proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment

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"But there is this small minority - and it is a small minority - who have always set about trying to subvert the system and cheat," he added.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Any malfeasance should be punished, and the system should always strive to improve.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

They are also set to investigate how officials were able to bypass the system of public tenders for contracts, and the origin the funds used to purchase land titles.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

However, Jangmi's extensive outer cloud bands had already spread over parts of Japan as the system continued its northward movement.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The entire network kept in touch by radio, using not one code, but twelve—each for a different part of the system.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

the system

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