as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
file your intent to run for office with the city secretary
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Recent Examples of secretary
Jared Harris is the defense secretary concerned about his daughter being in the line of fire.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Nicolas Peyrin, deputy secretary general of the prison guards’ union, told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the additional security provided for the former president was not needed.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Policymakers should focus on accelerating implementation of Africa’s free trade area to make the continent more resilient to global shocks, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.
—semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Summers, who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton between 1999 and 2001 and as director of the White House’s National Economic Council for President Barack Obama between 2009 and 2010, laid out two scenarios ahead for mortgage rates.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Nicolas Peyrin, deputy secretary general of the prison guards’ union, told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the additional security provided for the former president was not needed.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Policymakers should focus on accelerating implementation of Africa’s free trade area to make the continent more resilient to global shocks, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.
—semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Summers, who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton between 1999 and 2001 and as director of the White House’s National Economic Council for President Barack Obama between 2009 and 2010, laid out two scenarios ahead for mortgage rates.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
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Jesse Salinas, the county’s registrar of voters, said the county has strong safeguards to protect voters and ensure election integrity.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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However, the registrar of voters office said in March that the group fell 1,027 short of the number required because of signatures determined to be invalid or in need of information such as a date or an address.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Davis asks her clerk to print out a map.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Law clerk Jason Treul, 32, of Anaheim, California, was sent home.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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