as in officials
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 bureaucrats
The White House must identify influential bureaucrats and convince them that change serves not only the national interest but also their agencies’ interests.
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Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The British focused on the repressed anger that many ordinary Germans felt toward Nazi bureaucrats.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
The decision to direct military resources toward environmentalist priorities, such as species conservation and electric vehicles, seems to be coming not from soldiers but from partisan Democrats masquerading as bureaucrats.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 6 Oct. 2024
Congress should eliminate it, reduce invasive federal regulation, and stop giving bureaucrats the power to micromanage financial risks.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Disinformation entrepreneurs and autocratic bureaucrats, at least in Russia, have been reinforcing each other’s conspiratorial worldviews for at least a century.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
On the one hand, the private sector possesses competencies that the public sector politicians and bureaucrats lack, which are the technical, economic, and social competencies needed to implement change.
—Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The British focused on the repressed anger that many ordinary Germans felt toward Nazi bureaucrats.
—Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
The decision to direct military resources toward environmentalist priorities, such as species conservation and electric vehicles, seems to be coming not from soldiers but from partisan Democrats masquerading as bureaucrats.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 6 Oct. 2024
Congress should eliminate it, reduce invasive federal regulation, and stop giving bureaucrats the power to micromanage financial risks.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Disinformation entrepreneurs and autocratic bureaucrats, at least in Russia, have been reinforcing each other’s conspiratorial worldviews for at least a century.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
On the one hand, the private sector possesses competencies that the public sector politicians and bureaucrats lack, which are the technical, economic, and social competencies needed to implement change.
—Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucrats
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Nvidia Business Group will consist of 30,000 employees focused on assisting clients scale enterprise generative AI adoption.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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At the event, a recruitment party for prospective employees, Musk’s main selling point was speed — touting the company’s pace in developing products, and creating AI tools in a fast and nimble environment, comparing xAI to an SR-71 jet.Richard Nieva, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Assistant clerks Patricia Guciardo, 73, and Emily McClintock, 42, are each charged with one count of falsifying election returns or records, a maximum 5-year felony, one count of voting absentee and in person, and one count of offering to vote more than once.Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
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Volunteer poll workers informed the three assistant clerks and were instructed to override the system and issue in-person ballots, Nessel said.Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nike’s recent shareholder vote against a proposal to consider binding agreements with workers across the supply chain to address human rights issues could push their score down in the future.Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Gago at the end of the session summarized key takeaways, calculating that female professionals across the three countries only make up around 30 percent of sector workers.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Bureaucrats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucrats. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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