as in clerk
a worker in a government agency
the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house
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Recent Examples of bureaucrat
The bureaucrats of the New Deal understood that very well.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
By comparison, a Board of Trade — in which bureaucrats, rather than markets, determine the shopping basket — looks more like industrial policy on a grand scale.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The contestants were reigning champ Jamie Ding (a bureaucrat and law student from New Jersey) and challengers Mikey Hlebasko (a sales operations director from Georgia) and Maggie Faucher (a research assistant from Pennsylvania).
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Imagine what more could have been accomplished had LAUSD bureaucrats not intervened.
—Daniel L Gordon, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
By comparison, a Board of Trade — in which bureaucrats, rather than markets, determine the shopping basket — looks more like industrial policy on a grand scale.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The contestants were reigning champ Jamie Ding (a bureaucrat and law student from New Jersey) and challengers Mikey Hlebasko (a sales operations director from Georgia) and Maggie Faucher (a research assistant from Pennsylvania).
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Imagine what more could have been accomplished had LAUSD bureaucrats not intervened.
—Daniel L Gordon, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
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The original 10-point ethics complaint, filed by eight Skokie residents last February, alleged Johnson violated the village’s ethics code by using the public comment podium on multiple occasions for political purposes (Johnson was then running for village clerk).—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The investigation, supported by an audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit, determined Hulen misappropriated $2,210 in court fine payments while employed as the court clerk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Apr. 2026
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To back off from that charge, district officials proposed raising average class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade from 24-to-1 to 28-to-1, according to the district.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Allen attempted to storm the dinner on foot, carrying multiple guns and knives, and planned to kill top officials, starting with the highest-ranking, according to the criminal complaint.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than funding, though, is needed transparency by IDNR functionaries with marina boaters and Winthrop Harbor officials.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their prestige suffers because it is conflated in the public’s mind with long lines at the DMV, fastidious building inspectors, parking tickets—the stuff of local functionaries.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Much like the demonstrations two decades ago, organizers on Friday also called for a general boycott — no school, no work, no shopping — in an effort to demand that the country put workers above billionaires by taxing the rich.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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On Friday afternoon, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 57-year-old worker as Thomas Darcy, a Schaumburg resident.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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According to one former Kinahan employee, McGovern was a generous and well-liked person during his stint in Dubai, and was known as a heavy tipper.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Legends fictionalizes the true story of British customs employees who went undercover in the '90s to infiltrate drug smuggling gangs.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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