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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
I don't care by what ministry it's accomplished, so long as it's done
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as in clergy
the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church
the ranks of the ministry have dwindled considerably in recent years
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Recent Examples of ministry
By morning, more than four hundred people had been killed, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The transport ministry also said container throughput dropped 6.1 percent on the week, a stark difference from the 1.9 percent rise a week earlier.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Apr. 2025
More than 1,600 Palestinians, a third of them children, have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire was shattered, according to Gaza's health ministry.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
The Chinese foreign ministry denied the accusations.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The transport ministry also said container throughput dropped 6.1 percent on the week, a stark difference from the 1.9 percent rise a week earlier.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 16 Apr. 2025
More than 1,600 Palestinians, a third of them children, have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire was shattered, according to Gaza's health ministry.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
The Chinese foreign ministry denied the accusations.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministry
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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But most innocuous follow-up questions about a clergy member’s calling would reveal that information, even if indirectly.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Previously, only cardinals and patriarchs could celebrate a papal funeral; opening it to all clergy is in keeping with Francis’ effort to create a humbler, less top-down image of the church.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The liberal justices on the court sought to defend the country’s separation between church and state, which has previously not allowed public funding for religious charter schools.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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In 1840, the church opened the first of an eventual fifteen liberal arts colleges, all free-thinking, abolitionist, and dedicated to educating men and women on an equal basis.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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Plopping down on its four landing legs, the spacecraft delivered ten science instruments and technology demonstration gear through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Those strongmen have won legitimate elections but then stacked the democratic decks in their favor by rewarding allies, punishing adversaries, crippling the media and civil society, and turning the state into an instrument of their own agenda and political preservation.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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Ford did see sales dips in its all-electric vehicles.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Gibbs meets his red-headed real estate agent, Diane (Kathleen Kenny).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The same source suggested to The Athletic that Sanders' refusal to hire an agent to represent him in an official capacity acted as a detriment.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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During an April 22 press conference, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency intends to revoke approvals for certain dyes and work alongside industry leaders to achieve elimination of the additives.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Since 2020, the small city agency has seen 17 employees quit, 10 of whom were hired during Ellis’s tenure.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Apr. 2025
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The cancer had spread to nearby lymph nodes, but not yet to other organs.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Our balance organ is the same structure as the hearing organ.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Ministry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministry. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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