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public servant

noun

Definition of public servant

as in official

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 Basnyet’s transition from public servant to private sector industrialist mirrors Nepal’s own economic shift. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Twenty-five years later, South Florida will honor the lives lost and sacrifices made by first responders and other public servants on 9/11. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 Corporate vice presidents can learn from academics, entrepreneurs and public servants. — Siri Swahari, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The 66-year-old former analyst pleaded guilty to four felonies in June, admitting to committing a cybercrime, perjury, attempting to influence a public servant and forgery. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for public servant

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Noun

An Allan Hancock College spokesperson confirmed the detention and said college officials were not notified in advance.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
There have been 1,004 cases, including 198 hospitalizations and five deaths, state officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of official

Noun

Emmanuel Marre | Belgium | 155 min Cannes Best Screenplay winner A MAN OF HIS TIME stars ANATOMY OF A FALL’s Swann Arlaud as a Vichy civil servant whose faith in government collapses amid collaboration, bureaucracy, and moral surrender.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
The federal government had also been squeezing the region economically, by withholding funds needed to pay Tigray’s civil servants and limiting access to banks and fuel, according to the TPLF.

— Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of civil servant

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Chief digital and marketing officer Aude Gandon was most recently global chief marketing officer of Nestlé, for example, while chief technology, data and analytics officer Brian Franz came from State Street.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Jones was driving Levy’s SUV and had her phone as officers pursued him for 38 minutes, police said.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Earlier this year, Newsom called for local elections clerks to count ballots faster to head off misinformation ahead of the June 2 primary.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Some budgetary concern No formal opposition arguments have been submitted to the registrar-recorder/county clerk.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of clerk

Noun

Two Rogers High School administrators were later charged with failing to make a mandatory report.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
For administrators running youth clubs, academies and athletic programs, inclusion should not begin after a child struggles.

— Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of administrator

Noun

But Young noted that the child's lawyer, the judge, and government attorneys seeking deportation will all be federal employees.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
The service The service at Sala is seamless and friendly, and from arrival, the front desk staff feels more like a group of friends than a removed set of hotel employees.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of employee

Noun

Prescription drugs filled at a pharmacy represented 18% of a worker’s health care premium in 2021, after factoring in any rebates paid out by manufacturers, according to the consulting and actuarial firm Milliman.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Face masks were distributed to local kindergartens, and mandatory mask mandates were slapped on workers at the nearby Irkutsk Aluminum Plant.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of worker

Noun

These are scientists, academics, and bureaucrats speaking with their own distinct terminology and often talking past one another.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
But elevating the whims of progressive activists and government bureaucrats above the wisdom of the marketplace has proven a costly mistake and undermined consumer choice.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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