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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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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 Using crowdsourcing techniques, VroniPlag Wiki in Germany and Dissernet in Russia have exposed numerous instances of plagiarism by public servants in their dissertations and academic publications. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 However, the former public servant was ultimately banned from leaving the country. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Women, especially in urban centers, worked as doctors, lawyers, judges, journalists, and public servants. — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026 Garcia faces charges of terroristic threat causing impairment of public service/ placing a public servant in fear of serious bodily injury, according to Fort Worth jail records. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for public servant

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His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Chinese officials said 558 people were missing after a mudslide at a land crossing in Tibet’s Gyirong county, including 260 foreign nationals.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of official

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The incident prompted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to remove Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the country's highest civil servant, from office.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The government has opened an investigation, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the Health Ministry’s highest civil servant, to be removed from office.

— Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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The department said officers found a male victim and started life-saving measures until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived.

— Matthew Ablon, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
The guillotine was in the bed of a pickup truck spotted near the Capitol and the Supreme Court, where, officers said, it was illegally parked.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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His first job out of law school was as a judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, giving him a front-row seat to consequential decisions—and to people who could disagree fiercely without letting those disagreements become personal.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Senior clerk Cristaliz Portalatin posted a TikTok video of the visit that has since drawn more than 44,000 views.

— Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026

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Worse, the su binary—the code that provides the command-line interface allowing users with low-level system rights to temporarily gain administrator-level access—is set to grant root without any authentication.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Three months ago, Jimmy Morales was one of the most powerful administrators in local government, serving as a top deputy to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of administrator

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In Brazil, Statista gathered 900,000 evaluations from employees across a wide range of sectors.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
This includes owners, coaches, players, other team employees, game officials, and employees of the league office, NFL Films, NFL Network or any other NFL business.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of employee

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During the early days of the pandemic, Prem and his team dispatched medical staff to Singapore’s checkpoints for virus screening, as well as to foreign worker dormitories to care for workers who fell ill.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of worker

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Darline Graham, 62, is a longtime state bureaucrat in South Carolina government who since 2019 has worked as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The bureaucrats who failed to prevent the fraud often remain anonymous.

— Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026

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