bureaucratic
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Some of this is due to the complicated and sometimes bureaucratic system for making claims.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
After it sparked outrage, many people pointed out the bureaucratic hurdles involved in accessing someone's funds after their death, particularly when they did not register a nominee who can claim it.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Current and former Social Security officials have told ProPublica over the past year that the SSI program’s complexities and absurdities remain perhaps the agency’s biggest bureaucratic headache.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
It’s a charming little book rooted in a mundane bureaucratic task.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“Without his gifts as a bureaucratic finagler, the shows just wouldn’t have got on. I owe him much. Leave it at that.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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