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’s Staten Island — working class, the world of the secretaries, the world that takes the ferry in to the financial district in New York.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Trump’s Cabinet secretaries at the time resisted wholesale cuts, and few of the plans reached fruition.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Even the secretaries who may not be leading contenders in 2028 have seen Trump personally praise them.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump’s Cabinet secretaries resisted wholesale cuts.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noem’s video is meant to replace the traditional message from Homeland secretaries welcoming passengers to federal security screening areas.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Some top producers and talent were impressed by Weiss’ desire to immediately juice the network’s political bookings, as well as her ability to actually nab a few notable guests, like former secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has begun talking to Cabinet secretaries about which agencies would be targeted for layoffs.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Trump’s Cabinet secretaries at the time resisted wholesale cuts, and few of the plans reached fruition.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Even the secretaries who may not be leading contenders in 2028 have seen Trump personally praise them.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
Trump’s Cabinet secretaries resisted wholesale cuts.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noem’s video is meant to replace the traditional message from Homeland secretaries welcoming passengers to federal security screening areas.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Some top producers and talent were impressed by Weiss’ desire to immediately juice the network’s political bookings, as well as her ability to actually nab a few notable guests, like former secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has begun talking to Cabinet secretaries about which agencies would be targeted for layoffs.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretaries
Noun
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The courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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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 16 Nov. 2025.
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