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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / bjʊˈrɒk rə si /


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Good luck with this bureaucracy of becoming unstuck.

From MarketWatch Sep. 12, 2026

In these stories, the machinery of modern bureaucracy has outrun its original purpose and obscured the humanity of the individual in a pile of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Economists also warn that deep-rooted problems such as an ageing population and complex bureaucracy will continue to hold the economy back.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Controlling a studio matters to creators because it lets them move fast without a major studio’s bureaucracy, and platforms such as YouTube reward a steady, frequent posting cadence.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

C. J. Peters could swim through a bureaucracy like a shark.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

He added that getting the museum done involved dealing with bureaucracies and people with “contrary thinking.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

Yet an overly centralized administrative approach may simply relocate concentrated power from private elites to managerial bureaucracies operating at even greater distance from ordinary communities and persons.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

But the US has rejected this stance, with White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios saying: "AI adoption cannot lead to a brighter future if it is subject to bureaucracies and centralised control."

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

Still a third type of answer to Yali invokes the supposed importance of lowland river valleys in dry climates, where highly productive agriculture depended on large-scale irrigation systems that in turn required centralized bureaucracies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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