bureaucratically
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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
Othman and her family traveled from the suburbs of Chicago to Gaza this summer — a process she described as mentally, physically and bureaucratically difficult.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Direct distributions of food to strikers, and those thrown out of work through the strike, were made by the Salvation Army, an essentially centralised, bureaucratically organised body, and other philanthropic societies.
From Anarchism and Socialism by Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov
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