bureaucrat

Example Sentences

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The future of the chief information officer was once in doubt, the role cast as a bureaucrat destined to be replaced by someone, anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"But these were exceptions to the rule - relying on individual brilliance rather than a system that will function even after the bureaucrat is long gone," says Mr Bisen.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Dudek and a fellow Social Security Administration bureaucrat taped the scroll across a wall of a windowless executive office.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

But now earnings from years of service are yanked away at the whim of a bureaucrat.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

I remember glimpsing a big bureaucrat whose face filled one of the windowpanes and thinking, Maybe he ought to come in here and try it himself.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover