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as in officer
a person who holds a public office
the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant
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as in civil servant
a worker in a government agency
concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll
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Recent Examples of public servant
And this has come with sweeping, indiscriminate layoffs of nonpartisan public servants.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Firing these public servants is a disastrous decision, and the consequences will be felt by millions.
—Reggie Paros, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of public servants have been fired, some under the guise of unsatisfactory employee assessments, as the Trump administration works to slash the size of the federal workforce.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
California public servants recognize the hostility being directed toward federal workers and say their federal colleagues are being publicly threatened and unfairly scapegoated by the new federal government.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Firing these public servants is a disastrous decision, and the consequences will be felt by millions.
—Reggie Paros, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of public servants have been fired, some under the guise of unsatisfactory employee assessments, as the Trump administration works to slash the size of the federal workforce.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
California public servants recognize the hostility being directed toward federal workers and say their federal colleagues are being publicly threatened and unfairly scapegoated by the new federal government.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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McCauley was taken into custody and charged with second-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace and interfering with an officer.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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Police said the suspect sustained significant injuries in a shootout with officers who responded to the attack.—
Kati Weis,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Reaction to those cuts has focused understandably on the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so and the harm that millions of people could suffer as a result of the shuttering of aid programs.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2025
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When efforts to repurpose it as a museum or hotel didn’t materialize, Okaloosa County officials stepped in with a forward-thinking plan: turn the SS United States into a reef teeming with life, a win-win boon to the marine environment and to eco-tourism.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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Migrant workers who come to Mina-Rau are common, and the farmhand labor is so needed that officials usually look the other way when undocumented workers don’t have a visa, like the Ferrix crew.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.—
Karen D'Souza,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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About 1,200 kids pass through Idaho’s foster care system every year, Laura Denner, administrator of Family and Community Partnerships, told the Idaho Statesman.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Apr. 2025
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When Liz Ryan departed as administrator of the Department of Justice’s juvenile division in January, its website was flush with opportunities for state and local law enforcement as well as nonprofits to apply for federal funding for a myriad of initiatives that help children.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
23 Apr. 2025
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Still, for Black federal employees, trying to advance through the ranks of the civil service can be a bumpy road.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2025
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Sikes is survived by his wife, Amber, who is also an employee of the sheriff’s office in Columbia County, Georgia.—
Jason Volack,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
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The union’s current contract, approved later that year, left many workers grumbling.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Companies entrenched within a surrounding community may see their dedicated workers as part of an extended family.—
Gerry Spitzer,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Parents are far more invested in their child's academic success than any teacher, school administrator, or federal bureaucrat will ever be.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Her mother had just died, so the last thing the caller needed was to be on hold forever waiting for a government agency bureaucrat to finally pick up the phone.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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