as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Recent Examples of civil servant
President-elect Donald J. Trump is planning a string of executive orders during his first days in office, including one to strip job protections from career civil servants, his top policy adviser told Republican members of Congress on Sunday, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Vetting of the civil servants began in the last week, the official said.
—Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The first of those characters is Edward (a hollowed but ruggedly handsome Gonçalo Waddington), a civil servant for the British Empire.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
Le Grand's observations were drawn from his studies of British social welfare policy and civil servants but could aptly be applied to health insurers and their role in the US health care system.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Vetting of the civil servants began in the last week, the official said.
—Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
The first of those characters is Edward (a hollowed but ruggedly handsome Gonçalo Waddington), a civil servant for the British Empire.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
Le Grand's observations were drawn from his studies of British social welfare policy and civil servants but could aptly be applied to health insurers and their role in the US health care system.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
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The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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Effective governance requires empowering public servants with experience and specialized knowledge.—
Russell Muirhead,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Jan. 2025
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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The memo was reportedly sent to senior leaders of the agency by CDC official John Nkengasong on Sunday, just days after President Donald Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations (UN) agency.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The new explanation from the White House is in line with what Biden administration officials said at the time — that the drone sightings were not nefarious.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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In fact, 75% of employees are already using generative AI in some form on the job.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Related Stories News Flavor Flav Launches Fundraiser for Black Families Displaced by L.A. Wildfires Shire and Sims are just two of the thousands of entertainment workers whose lives have been upended by the Los Angeles wildfires that tore through sections of the L.A. area starting Jan. 7.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Americans see a broken federal government — but aren’t as concerned about the ‘deep state’ As Trump sweeps into his second term with promises to cut regulations and reduce the role of government bureaucrats, most Americans think the federal government has serious problems.—
Linley Sanders,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Those bureaucrats, in order to save face for the Communist Party, have sanctioned the Rubio from before.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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