as in public servant
a worker in a government agency
took the examination to become a civil servant in the defense department
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Recent Examples of civil servant
Reuters reported career civil servants have been locked out of the system.
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Published Thursday, the list includes Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard; Thomas Jolly, who was the artistic director for the outdoor opening ceremonies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and a number of athletes, politicians and civil servants.
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
The order would essentially allow for certain career civil servants to be removed in favor of Trump loyalists by classifying them as political appointees, a key part of the Project 2025 plan for remaking the government.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025
But despite Trump’s claims that career federal workers resisted his policies during his first term, concern about civil servants who are unwilling to implement the president’s agenda is not as high.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Published Thursday, the list includes Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard; Thomas Jolly, who was the artistic director for the outdoor opening ceremonies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and a number of athletes, politicians and civil servants.
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
The order would essentially allow for certain career civil servants to be removed in favor of Trump loyalists by classifying them as political appointees, a key part of the Project 2025 plan for remaking the government.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025
But despite Trump’s claims that career federal workers resisted his policies during his first term, concern about civil servants who are unwilling to implement the president’s agenda is not as high.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil servant
Noun
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And hundreds of other services provided by federal public servants with little public recognition.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Long-time public servant, dad and grandpa Davis grew up in North St. Paul.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the few departments that held hearings on Wednesday, attendees reported chaotic and sluggish proceedings, with supervisors filling in for court clerks and at least one judge filling out minute orders by hand.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Clerk of Superior Court Elisa Chinn-Gary should have 249 clerks, the study says.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Feb. 2025
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Trump officials slam New York judge Several Trump administration officials criticized Engelmayer’s decision Sunday.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The scam email, which appears to come from Costco, is actually an attempt to steal financial information or gain access to computers, officials said.—
Bay City News Service,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2025
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About 75,000 federal employees accepted President Donald Trump's buyout offer, which closed to applicants Wednesday night.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, lawmakers expanded the requirement to private employers with 25 or more employees.—
Lawrence Mower,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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Linda Gefen, Boca Raton The master of distraction Trump’s proposal that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip and develop it into a beach paradise was concocted to distract us from his real agenda: demolish the government, replace federal workers with machines and give the savings to his rich friends.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Many human cases of bird flu in the U.S. to date have been in dairy workers after working with sick cows infected by the B3.13 strain of the H5N1 virus.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Itay’s official cinematic and cultural organizations and departments have partnered effectively with the Venice Festival, even if those partnerships were often fraught with pressures as competing arts fiefdoms set bureaucrat against bureaucrat.—
Steven Gaydos,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Current and former officials see it as a campaign of retribution against those who opposed his earlier work, as well as an opportunity to fulfill his most controversial policies by sidelining bureaucrats who get in his way.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Civil servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20servant. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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