bureaucratic
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The room gave off a musty smell—one familiar to anyone who has ever entered a Russian bureaucratic building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
As a slideshow prepared by an executive explained, “We thrive in the valley of death,” the term for the bureaucratic gap where research languishes without being developed into a product.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tell her it’s a bureaucratic minefield that would stress anyone out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He spent four days rushing from one office to the next, in a series of desperate maneuvers that all ran up against the same wall of bureaucratic incomprehension.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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