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a scientist or technical expert and especially one with much authority A group of experienced technocrats were tasked with implementing the company's cybersecurity measures.
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Recent Examples of technocrat Zoltan Tarr, the second-highest leader in Tisza, told Politico in a piece published Monday that his party hopes to draft business leaders, outside experts, and other technocrats without political experience for their hypothetical government. —
Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026 Like it or not, the industry is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats. —CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026 Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves. —U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 Brady and Belichick, by contrast, came across as technocrats fit for the 21st century who maximized efficiencies across the organization. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technocrat
Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026 Like it or not, the industry is becoming the new playground for America’s technocrats. —CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026 Given that Newsom has long offered himself as a shrewd technocrat who knows how to get things done, the attack ads that other Democratic presidential candidates will gleefully start running in fall 2027 write themselves. —U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 Brady and Belichick, by contrast, came across as technocrats fit for the 21st century who maximized efficiencies across the organization. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for technocrat
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In 2013, according to the Department of Justice, a hacker affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps infiltrated the control system of a dam in New York State.— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Both complaints stem from an alleged breach this month in which hackers accessed Frost Bank’s systems and stole customers’ sensitive personal information.— Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Apr. 2026
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The result is a scathing takedown that will find techies throughout the Valley looking over their shoulders and speculating on who is who amongst the show’s motley collection of fictional backstabbers obsessed with growing their profit margin and amassing wealth and power.— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Those intelligence agents and techies also failed to identify the U.S. coming in.— Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Technocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/technocrat. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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