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bureaucracy

[byoo-rok-ruh-see] / byʊˈrɒk rə si /


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What stands out in Annie is its relaxed, unvarnished portrait of student life: messy hostel rooms, friends lounging on charpoys smoking and arguing about everything from bureaucracy to exams, and a breezy irreverence toward authority.

From BBC

He felt it had some bloated bureaucracy that the new administration could fix.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Europe’s kings operated on fixed budgets and weak bureaucracies.

From The Wall Street Journal

They head into this spring’s European economic negotiations focused on deregulation, slim-lined bureaucracy and freer trade with the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said in December that Bass achieved a remarkable turnaround in police hiring, cutting through government bureaucracy that slowed down the process for bringing on new officers.

From Los Angeles Times