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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
the British ministers at the international peace conference
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
our minister gives an interesting sermon every week
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as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
she's merely a minister of the corporation
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Recent Examples of minister
Israel’s national security minister is slamming the Muslim-majority countries that have denounced its controversial bill to effectively expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism and nationalistic murders.
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
To secure his right to the throne, Aurangzeb prompted a formal charge against Murad Bakhsh for killing Aurangzeb’s minister, Ali Naqi.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Ministerial Talks Deliver No Immediate Action European Union energy ministers ended the crisis talks on Tuesday without agreeing on any concrete measures, even as concerns mount that the world could be heading toward one of the most severe energy crises in modern history.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Basque officials are pushing back against the refusal, in recent days stepping up meetings with Spain’s culture minister, Ernest Urtasun, to determine under what conditions a loan might be possible.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
To secure his right to the throne, Aurangzeb prompted a formal charge against Murad Bakhsh for killing Aurangzeb’s minister, Ali Naqi.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Ministerial Talks Deliver No Immediate Action European Union energy ministers ended the crisis talks on Tuesday without agreeing on any concrete measures, even as concerns mount that the world could be heading toward one of the most severe energy crises in modern history.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Basque officials are pushing back against the refusal, in recent days stepping up meetings with Spain’s culture minister, Ernest Urtasun, to determine under what conditions a loan might be possible.
—News Desk, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
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Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Guess named the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids its first global brand ambassador for both Guess and Guess Jeans brands earlier this month.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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The concierge specializes in Kyoto’s cultural events, and can help access exclusive ochaya with an interpreter, score tickets to the theater, book dinner reservations, a huge help in Kyoto, or help arrange meetings with monks and priests at the city’s Shinto shrines and temples.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Nonbinary people have often occupied unique positions in their societies, serving as priests, artists, and ceremonial leaders.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Victor Lemus was one of the three deputies killed while handling a grenade at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department facility.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Her poetry offers a rare collection of literary introspection from within Miami-Dade County government, where Tallman works as chief of staff to a top deputy of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.—
Douglas Hanks
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The plan was presented to Iran by Pakistan as a third-party intermediary, special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Politico reported that Mazzara is among 10 staffers who followed former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to the State Department after she was fired this month from DHS and given a new role as special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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His father, much older than his mom, was a preacher who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Attendees, including some who had been chosen as convention delegates in the previous week, lined up to talk them after after the speeches.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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His influence extends across the MENA region and beyond as the main curator for the European Film Festival in Riyadh, a consultant for the Hollywood Arab Film Festival, and the Egyptian delegate for the Film O’Clock Festival.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Perry's representative confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday that the workers were eventually allowed to hold onto the gift cards after confusion was cleared up.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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If Republicans are able to succeed in their efforts, Kansas City would be represented by three Republican representatives, two of whom would be freshmen.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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The pompous clergyman enters the life of the Bennet family, his distant cousins, with the assumption that, given his respectable position and benefactor, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, one of those daughters would be happy to marry him.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Garage owner and keen early automobilist Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, the son of a rural English clergyman, built his first car, an eponymous prototype, in 1909.—
Jamie Kitman,
Air Mail,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Minister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minister. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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