technocrat

noun

Definition of technocratnext
as in hacker
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 Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has opportunistically seized on air-conditioning, portraying it as an urgent quality-of-life issue that moralizing environmentalists and overreaching technocrats have ignored. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Over his 18-year tenure at the Fed, Greenspan embodied the omnipotent technocrat — a legacy critics say was fatally undermined by his failure to spot the 2008 housing bubble. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 June 2026 Her likely economic team includes veteran technocrats such as former Economy Minister Luis Carranza. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for technocrat
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  1. hacker
  2. techie
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  • Instead, that process was based on a predictable pattern, allowing hackers who possessed a sample seed phrase to use trial-and-error to guess others—and clean out Coldcard owners in the process.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That discussion was largely theoretical, centered on a future in which AI might make phishing more convincing, malware easier to develop and hackers more productive.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hacker
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  • In concluding remarks, Hao asked each panelist what inspired techies should be focusing on now.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Many were seemingly furious about San Francisco techies or the concept of polyamory.
    — Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 30 Apr. 2026
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