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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
President Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public servants.
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
But Lord Cromwell insists that his aristocratic lineage has little bearing on his work as a public servant in the halls of Westminster.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the most prominent public servants in Arizona history is being inducted into the Arizona Farm and Ranch Hall of Fame for his work on the Central Arizona Project.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
This public servant has carried out his duties under the most extreme circumstances.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
But Lord Cromwell insists that his aristocratic lineage has little bearing on his work as a public servant in the halls of Westminster.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
One of the most prominent public servants in Arizona history is being inducted into the Arizona Farm and Ranch Hall of Fame for his work on the Central Arizona Project.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
This public servant has carried out his duties under the most extreme circumstances.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public servant
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Two adults and three kids were sleeping inside when the unknown suspect approached the front door and kicked it before entering, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
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Inside the condo, officers found the 51-year-old victim in a bedroom suffering from a gunshot wound.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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State of play: There are approximately 160 civil servants, known as detailees, on the NSC whose employment is being reviewed.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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Civil service positions do not terminate at the end of an administration and civil servants can only be fired for cause.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Public health officials recommend shutting the toilet lid while flushing, if possible.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Arcane arguments made by vaccine critics — many false or misleading — about how some vaccines are tested could have significant implications if one of their own becomes the nation's top health official.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some parents, for example, said nursing home administrators told them their children couldn’t go home until the family had a large private bedroom for the disabled child.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the beginning of this school year, Johnson had asked academic administrators to prepare budget cuts of up to 15%, with the athletics department facing a 25% cut, according to The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trump begins second term with flurry of executive orders Trump begins second term with flurry of executive orders 02:54 President Trump is requiring millions of federal employees to return to the office.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Related Stories News Flavor Flav Launches Fundraiser for Black Families Displaced by L.A. Wildfires Shire and Sims are just two of the thousands of entertainment workers whose lives have been upended by the Los Angeles wildfires that tore through sections of the L.A. area starting Jan. 7.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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What workers want, as do customers, is an alignment to their values.—
Wayne Elsey,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Americans see a broken federal government — but aren’t as concerned about the ‘deep state’ As Trump sweeps into his second term with promises to cut regulations and reduce the role of government bureaucrats, most Americans think the federal government has serious problems.—
Linley Sanders,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Those bureaucrats, in order to save face for the Communist Party, have sanctioned the Rubio from before.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Public servant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20servant. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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