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

Recent Examples on the Web

The prime minister of Qatar, another nation at the center of Gaza cease-fire negotiations will attend, alongside the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. —Willem Marx, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024

So has Secretary of State Michael Watson, also a Republican. —USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024

The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with senior Chinese officials and warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations. —Matthew Lee, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024

Vu is the owner of two nail salons in West Chester Township, Allure Nails Vu LLC and Love Nail Vu LLC, per Secretary of State records obtained by the Journal-News. —Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024

The administration assessment, which has not yet been made public, was outlined in an undated letter by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to House Speaker Mike Johnson obtained by ABC News. —Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024

After the charity’s loss of tax-exempt status, paperwork continued to be filed with the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. —Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024

An oral history from her was added to the State Archives just a year ago, in March 2023, after Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced the re-launch of the archives’ oral history project. —Jason Green, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024

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