bureaucratic

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In an earlier post, he blamed "bureaucratic problems" for holding up his plans to modernise the armed forces' equipment and their aircraft.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The FDA has long had an entrenched culture of bureaucratic control, but biotech firms say it has become worse this past year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

On its face, the policy sounds like a bureaucratic fix to a real problem.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

Italy's renewable energy sector continues to grow despite bureaucratic hurdles: 49 percent of its electricity in 2025 came from renewables in 2025, up from 39 percent in 2015.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Typically the restoration process is a bureaucratic maze that requires the payment of fines or court costs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander