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 There is a long precedent of service secretaries shortly filling acting roles that isn't necessarily reflective of who ultimately becomes nominated. Emily Chang, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Upstairs in the club’s offices in Soho, central London, Palace’s hierarchy, recruitment team, secretaries and other staff worked frantically under pressure as the 11pm deadline ticked ever closer. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The final hour agreement comes after a week of uncertainty around a potential strike by SEA members, including teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries and other staff members. Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Yet consider the narrative that emerged from Jackson Hole about how Treasury secretary Scott Bessent had allegedly inserted himself where Treasury secretaries shouldn’t. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Tomlin, Fonda and Parton played a trio of secretaries who took revenge on their sexist boss by kidnapping him and enacting changes in the workplace in his name. Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The movie, which went on to score Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, followed three working-class secretaries. Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 But her omnipresence made her as recognizable to some around the globe as presidents and Cabinet secretaries. Robert D. McFadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026 Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families. Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Election clerks raised similar concerns directly to USPS officials just days before the final rule was issued, at a mid-August National Association of Election Officials conference in Kansas City, Missouri, ProPublica has learned.
    Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Other jobs on this list include occupations that are largely administrative and deal with handling data or customer service, such as office clerks, secretaries, administrative assistants, customer service reps and tellers.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Secretaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretaries. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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