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as in officer
a person who holds a public office
the new governor made a vow that he would always remember why he was called a public servant
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as in civil servant
a worker in a government agency
concerned that the new federal agency would just add another slew of public servants to the government payroll
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Recent Examples of public servant
Clinton has since gone on to work in academia, drawing on her decades of experience as a public servant.
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2025
The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Effective governance requires empowering public servants with experience and specialized knowledge.
—Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Joseph Aoun is the fifth former army commander to ascend to Lebanon’s presidency, despite the fact that the country’s constitution prohibits high-ranking public servants, including army commanders, from assuming the presidency during their term or within two years of stepping down.
—Sally Abou Aljoud and Abby Sewell, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2025
The choice to wear a tuxedo—as opposed to a blazer or blouse—made Trump look more like a freelance magician than a public servant.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Effective governance requires empowering public servants with experience and specialized knowledge.
—Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Joseph Aoun is the fifth former army commander to ascend to Lebanon’s presidency, despite the fact that the country’s constitution prohibits high-ranking public servants, including army commanders, from assuming the presidency during their term or within two years of stepping down.
—Sally Abou Aljoud and Abby Sewell, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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Haider said Abdul suspects that the letter likely came from someone who lives in the same apartment complex on Jan. 24, days before federal immigration officers carried out arrests in Chicago and the suburbs.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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The officer approached the man, identified as Espinoza, for questioning, the bureau said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2025
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That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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But civil servants are not waiting around for that to happen.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
7 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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Jordanian aid officials say airlifts can get medicine into Gaza more reliably and faster than trucks.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 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 has nominated Linda McMahon, the former head of wrestling’s WWE and his previous Small Business Administration administrator, as education secretary, and former TV doctor and unsuccessful Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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To the contrary, during his first term, forty-two per cent of the leadership positions at OSHA, including the job of chief administrator, were left vacant.—
Eyal Press,
The New Yorker,
10 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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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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While some believe tipping should be purely voluntary, many service industry workers depend on gratuities as their primary source of income.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Children, veterans, active-duty military personnel, front-line workers and medical personnel can enter for free.—
Genevieve Redsten,
Journal Sentinel,
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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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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