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bureaucrat

[byoor-uh-krat] / ˈbyʊər əˌkræt /
NOUN
government official
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So how did this seemingly quiet, retiring child and self-effacing bureaucrat turn into a president who so avidly embraced the limelight?

From BBC • May 30, 2026

It’s all very silly, especially since Wilkins is far more famous for dating a high-level bureaucrat than for her forgettable song stylings.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Hence his chosen introduction as “a bureaucrat and law student.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro is just over 42, young enough to think like this bathroom-fixated bureaucrat who doesn’t seem to think getting old will happen to them either.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Christopher, a graduate ,of Harvard Divinity School, was a poet, a philosopher, and a Unitarian minister, although he earned his keep as a bureaucrat in the California penal system.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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