Secretary of State

noun phrase

1

: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries

2

: the head of one of several important departments of the British government

the Secretary of State for Home Affairs

Examples of Secretary of State in a Sentence

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During the Iran negotiations, Secretary of State John F. Kerry spoke regularly, and directly, to his Iranian opposite number, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had attended college and graduate school in the United States before the Iranian revolution. —David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024

The report was released as a part of the Nevada Secretary of State's effort to increase transparency with the office's election integrity efforts as the office continues to receive a large volume of complaints alleging election fraud. —Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024

When asked about the refinery attacks this month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that the Biden administration doesn’t support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia regardless of the target. —John Hudson, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024

In a virtual meeting this week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast serious doubt on Israel’s ability to evacuate and protect Palestinians in Rafah. —Mairav Zonszein, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024

However, the Indiana Secretary of State dissolved Indy City Futbol as a limited liability corporation in August 2022 for what appears to be a failure to file annual reports. —Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024

American officials in the meeting, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, kept calm and did not respond in kind, the officials said. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024

The hack roiled Washington and gave Chinese operatives access to the unclassified email accounts of senior US diplomats, including US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, on the eve of a high-profile visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China last June, CNN has reported. —Krystal Hur, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024

The roughly 105-minute call kicks off several weeks of high-level engagements between the two countries, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen set to travel to China on Thursday and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to follow in the weeks ahead. —Zeke Miller, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024