bureaucrat

Example Sentences

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They sent a lower-ranking bureaucrat to sign it—a diplomatic snub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“I completely failed the test,” he said of his experience as a bureaucrat.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

A bureaucrat, who works closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently said that the government was actively encouraging overseas Indians to return and contribute to nation-building.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

But now earnings from years of service are yanked away at the whim of a bureaucrat.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

The experience cut him deeply, in particular the fact his competence lay exposed to the review of a bureaucrat over whom he had no influence.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson