secretaries

plural of secretary
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 If the bill passes, the state would add four deputy attorneys general, a legal analyst and three legal secretaries to do that work, according to a legislative analyst’s report. Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Like other independent agencies, the EAC is designed to operate outside the direct control of the President or his Cabinet secretaries and maintain a degree of autonomy from the executive branch. Connor Greene, Time, 10 July 2026 The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council, two main trade groups, publicly celebrated their meetings with the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture departments in the spring. Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026 How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades. Claire Savage, Fortune, 5 July 2026 The National Association of Secretaries of State, which has long been a place for secretaries to discuss election security threats, has stepped up its efforts this year, said spokesman John Milhofer. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 June 2026 Both secretaries’ preferences have also been floated at various turns by OpenAI and Anthropic. Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 17 June 2026 Trump watched Game 3 from Knicks owner James Dolan’s suite, along with granddaughter Kai, personal adviser Boris Epshteyn and Cabinet secretaries Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy and Doug Burgum. Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 Roughly one year later, after the governor sent a letter to his cabinet secretaries directing them to bring workers back to offices four days a week by July 1, 2026, state workers again rallied to raise funds for another billboard. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026
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Noun
  • Two clerks working at the office Thursday declined to speak on the record.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • But the clerks all said the disturbance occurred about three hours earlier, not before the noon deadline of the qualifying period.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Once certified, petitioners then have just over two months to collect and submit the requisite number of signatures to local registrars and ultimately the Secretary of State.
    Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
  • But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

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