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
The secretaries expressed concern that USCIS has failed to release data on the tool's accuracy for identifying noncitizens.
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Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
The real test for Treasury secretaries comes in extremis.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Defense secretaries don't typically announce investigations on Twitter.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
That was similar to the $59,449 and $57,673 annual salaries of Shelter Island’s two office assistants and tens of thousands less than Pocantico Hills’ two secretaries.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
He will be accompanied by senior figures from the Vatican, including the cardinals who run the departments for Christian unity, inter-religious dialogue and eastern churches, his secretaries and a medical team.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Simon said secretaries of state are still waiting to hear about the agency's plans.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
Lawmakers and transportation secretaries from the past two presidential administrations have expressed support for new crash test rules and safety requirements, but developments have been slow.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
There’s Staten Island — working class, the world of the secretaries, the world that takes the ferry in to the financial district in New York.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 Dec. 2025
The real test for Treasury secretaries comes in extremis.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Defense secretaries don't typically announce investigations on Twitter.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
That was similar to the $59,449 and $57,673 annual salaries of Shelter Island’s two office assistants and tens of thousands less than Pocantico Hills’ two secretaries.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
He will be accompanied by senior figures from the Vatican, including the cardinals who run the departments for Christian unity, inter-religious dialogue and eastern churches, his secretaries and a medical team.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Simon said secretaries of state are still waiting to hear about the agency's plans.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
Lawmakers and transportation secretaries from the past two presidential administrations have expressed support for new crash test rules and safety requirements, but developments have been slow.
—Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
There’s Staten Island — working class, the world of the secretaries, the world that takes the ferry in to the financial district in New York.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretaries
Noun
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The most recent complaint against Merriam asserts that clerks have begun leaving Merriam’s staff or declining employment because of concern about mistreatment.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
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But the recent complaint from the Legal Accountability Project suggests that the concerns of clerks on the Second Circuit persist.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional registrars also face disintermediation threats and may resist integration efforts that could reduce their control over lucrative renewal fees.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Secretaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretaries. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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