the ministry

noun

: religious leaders as a group : ministers as a group

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At least 125 children are among those killed, the ministry said yesterday. Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 There were 21 crew members aboard the vessel, the ministry said. Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 Efforts to contact the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing by telephone, through a number listed on the ministry's website, failed, with the number apparently not operational. Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 Ukrainian drones struck oil loading infrastructure and storage tanks at the Transneft terminal in Primorsk on March 22–23, starting a fire, the ministry said. Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the ministry

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