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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
The charges come a day after former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a 12-month prison term for obtaining valuable items as a public servant and obstruction of justice.
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Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys painted Telles as a devoted family man and public servant who worked to weed out government corruption.
—CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
In New Jersey, where the March jackpot was won, lottery sales are a contributing factor to retirement funds for their public servants.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys painted Telles as a devoted family man and public servant who worked to weed out government corruption.
—CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
In New Jersey, where the March jackpot was won, lottery sales are a contributing factor to retirement funds for their public servants.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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The city of Uvalde on Tuesday released an additional collection of videos and investigative materials showing law enforcement officers' flawed response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022, when a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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An officer pointed a gun at the second man and ordered him to lie on the ground on his stomach with his hands behind his back, body camera footage showed.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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One of eight children born to a father who was a midlevel civil servant and a mother who sold vegetables, Happi lived in Sangmélima, a small town surrounded by dense rain forest.ByJon Cohen, science.org, 9 Aug. 2024
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Thousands of civil servants go on strike as part of a nationwide civil disobedience movement.Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular dictatorship is growing at China’s expense.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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All three counties that make up Colorado’s 8th Congressional District had concluded ballot counting by late Saturday night, election officials said.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Instead, thank your local county clerk for enduring four years of unfair accusations and conducting the 2024 election efficiently and effectively.Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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In York County, all the challenges — 354 — were denied Monday by the elections board, but chief clerk Greg Monskie said the board agreed to keep those ballots segregated during a period in which an appeal can be made.Mark Scolforo, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rocco, a retired teacher and administrator for the district has been a board member for over nine years.Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Al Schmidt, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania As Pennsylvania's top elections administrator, Schmidt has endured a particularly tumultuous campaign cycle.Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cruise’s cooperation included remedial measures such as ensuring that employees identified as responsible for the falsified report are no longer employed by the firm.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The company has two full-time employees and is supported by a Board of Advisors from various sectors to guide its business strategy.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sometime later, a passing pipeline company worker pulled the vehicle from the ditch.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company issued a follow-up notification at 10:41 a.m. that workers responded to a vapor release while performing maintenance on equipment.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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In July 2007, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission (Brussels’ top bureaucrat) said rather a lot of the quiet part aloud.Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
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The idea that France or the United Kingdom would allow another state—let alone some unelected bureaucrat in the European Union—to dictate their nuclear postures is fanciful.Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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