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bureaucrat

[byoor-uh-krat] / ˈbjʊər əˌkræt /


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These stories have made the idea of the "honest" or "no-nonsense" bureaucrat both familiar and rare.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Duffy, the former “Real World” cast member turned bureaucrat, is an ideal person to deliver that message.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

“A politician or a bureaucrat thinking, ‘Do I want to stick my neck out for a particular country?’ may decide against it,” says Mr. Staniland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Infantino was eventually cleared by that probe but another pattern soon emerged, one that saw the president morph from a soccer bureaucrat into someone who believes he should be mixing with presidents and kings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He had fought for South Africa during World War II in North Africa and Italy, but after his return, a white bureaucrat had reclassified him as African.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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