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The U.K. and France chaired a meeting of over 50 countries on the issue, though U.S. officials accuse Europeans of moving too slowly and bureaucratically during a fast-moving crisis affecting the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"So to summarise, it is technically possible. It is immensely bureaucratically and procedurally complex to do so," Gill said.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Food reforms, while long part of the public health conversation, could also simply be unrealistic both politically and bureaucratically, some experts said.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

The former Oregon defensive back is a top-notch defensive coach currently toiling in the most bureaucratically difficult job in the Pac-12.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

But clericalism in its more aggressive aspects was not in the ascendant either bureaucratically or socially.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus