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bureaucrat

[byoor-uh-krat] / ˈbjʊər əˌkræt /
NOUN
government official
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In one instance, the report says, the two commissioners even wrote a letter complaining to the chief secretary, the top bureaucrat in the Indian government.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

She dreams of becoming a district magistrate, a powerful field bureaucrat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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

For a bureaucrat, John Bolton cuts a pretty memorable figure.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

The experience cut him deeply, in particular the fact his competence lay exposed to the review of a bureaucrat over whom he had no influence.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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