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
In many cases, the government usurps the market and replaces the judgment of private citizens with that of unelected bureaucrats.
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
As an experienced bureaucrat, Taft characteristically directed that the problem of government inefficiency be studied.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Patients enrolled in government programs cannot trust federal and state bureaucrats to keep their information safe.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
He’s gone from a regular user to an admin to a bureaucrat.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
As an experienced bureaucrat, Taft characteristically directed that the problem of government inefficiency be studied.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Patients enrolled in government programs cannot trust federal and state bureaucrats to keep their information safe.
—Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
He’s gone from a regular user to an admin to a bureaucrat.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bureaucrat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrat
Noun
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Months later, police arrested Hoffman, a store clerk, and he was found guilty of beating the young father-to-be with a claw hammer and shooting him.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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After the clerk handed over about $1,000 in cash, the bandit left the bank and drove off in a Prius, the sergeant said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Among the buildings hit in the Black Sea coastal city were a maternity hospital and an emergency medical center, officials said.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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The suit claims that (airport) officials implemented ad hoc restrictions without public notice or justification, including an undocumented policy that selectively limited the number of Boeing 757-200 aircraft permitted on the ground per day.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This economic history argues that America’s prosperity is the product not of an undisturbed free market but, rather, of the hard work of functionaries.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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There is a vast tide of Imperial functionaries, from soldiers to bureaucrats to technicians, all conforming to survive the predations of the Emperor’s whims.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2025
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The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
14 June 2025
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While the restaurant workers’ compassion has been praised by many, Mendoza said some have criticized her for helping both demonstrators and authorities.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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As startup businesses morph into scaleups, their key employees gain experience and start to develop business ideas of their own.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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From Florida to the Bahamas to various Caribbean islands, travelers stranded by the shutdown of Silver Airways started the process of seeking refunds for flights not taken, while blind-sided employees whose livelihoods were suddenly cut off asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to help them.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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“Bureaucrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrat. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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