as in clerks
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 secretaries
Both swing states will elect new secretaries of state and governors this year, and both states currently have people in the running who have denied election results.
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Miles Parks, NPR, 4 May 2026
The task force — which included numerous Cabinet secretaries — didn't accuse the Biden administration of any large pattern of suppressing churches themselves or the right to worship.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Cabinet secretaries and other senior officials arrived and wiped off their damp seats with napkins.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Previous defense secretaries have mainly steered clear of partisan politics and divisive social issues.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Now many of your Cabinet secretaries live on military bases.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent secretaries of state have played central roles in debates over election administration.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The president has fired two Cabinet secretaries in recent weeks — former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — after public scandals garnered considerable media coverage.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
If confirmed, Warsh will make $253,100 a year, the salary of top-level political appointees such as cabinet secretaries and agency heads.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Miles Parks, NPR, 4 May 2026
The task force — which included numerous Cabinet secretaries — didn't accuse the Biden administration of any large pattern of suppressing churches themselves or the right to worship.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Cabinet secretaries and other senior officials arrived and wiped off their damp seats with napkins.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Previous defense secretaries have mainly steered clear of partisan politics and divisive social issues.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Now many of your Cabinet secretaries live on military bases.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent secretaries of state have played central roles in debates over election administration.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The president has fired two Cabinet secretaries in recent weeks — former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — after public scandals garnered considerable media coverage.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
If confirmed, Warsh will make $253,100 a year, the salary of top-level political appointees such as cabinet secretaries and agency heads.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretaries
Noun
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The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Republicans say the legislation consolidates the civil and criminal court clerks' offices in Orleans Parish, putting it in line with all other parishes in the state, which have a single clerk's office.—
SARA CLINE,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2026
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County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Last Tuesday, the California Secretary of State reported that proponents, led by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, had turned in more than enough valid signatures to county registrars, ensuring that voters will be given an opportunity to restore the original intent of Proposition 13.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Secretaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretaries. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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