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the system

NOUN

bureaucracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

authority bureaucracy

STRONG

diehards

WEAK

city hall established order old guard powers that be

Antonyms

WEAK

proletariat

NOUN

red tape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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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Never mind that the system is far from reliable when it comes to aircraft ID, and erroneous bills are a growing problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"This makes the system automatically adjust its electrical behavior."

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Pratt gave voice to their discontent with the system of one-party rule and said things they too often felt uncomfortable saying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

So you have to have all of your inputs already in the system in order to calculate your worst-case scenario.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

At that time, if any of the radios failed on the ground or in the air, or there was any kind of interference with the radio transmission, the system didn’t work.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

the system

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