servant

Example Sentences

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Lord Reid has previously attributed the four-word phrase to an unnamed senior civil servant.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

That was in keeping with the career of a public servant who had spent four decades serving both Democratic and Republican presidents.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Sherlock accepts a job as a servant at Oxford, where he meets Moriarty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

He had been Jackson’s longtime body servant, Just as Billy Lee and Paul Jennings had been beside George Washington and James Madison.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis