Example Sentences

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Experts, she says, need to focus on increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure and government bureaucracies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

When President Nixon closed the U.S. gold window in 1971, the IMF reinvented itself, as bureaucracies usually do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

But the US has rejected this stance, with White House technology adviser Michael Kratsios saying: "AI adoption cannot lead to a brighter future if it is subject to bureaucracies and centralised control."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Party committees and bureaucracies can limit AI, but they cannot create meaningful value.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

But colleges, particularly small liberal arts colleges like Reed, tend not to be rigid bureaucracies.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell