the civil service
noun
: the part of a government that takes care of the government's basic business : the administrative part of a government
—often used before another noun
a civil service employee
the civil service system
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The big picture: Workers inside the civil service are under massive stress.
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Emily Peck, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
The anxiety across the civil service at this hour is rightly earned and has no sign of slackening.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
The big picture: There's a standard playbook for how to do hiring, firing and cuts in the federal government, which is more restrictive than in the private sector, in order to protect the civil service from corruption and politicization.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit came as more than 60,000 members of the civil service had accepted the buyout offer that promised pay through September in exchange for leaving the federal workforce.
—Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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Emily Peck, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
The anxiety across the civil service at this hour is rightly earned and has no sign of slackening.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
The big picture: There's a standard playbook for how to do hiring, firing and cuts in the federal government, which is more restrictive than in the private sector, in order to protect the civil service from corruption and politicization.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit came as more than 60,000 members of the civil service had accepted the buyout offer that promised pay through September in exchange for leaving the federal workforce.
—Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the civil service
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“The civil service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20civil%20service. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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