bureaucrat
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They sent a lower-ranking bureaucrat to sign it—a diplomatic snub.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
“I completely failed the test,” he said of his experience as a bureaucrat.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
A bureaucrat, who works closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently said that the government was actively encouraging overseas Indians to return and contribute to nation-building.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
But now earnings from years of service are yanked away at the whim of a bureaucrat.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025
I’d been in the same room with the ambassador every minute that he was in our house, and besides, that overstuffed, freeloading bureaucrat was too self-involved to ever commit murder.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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