as in registrar
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 secretary
By June 2009, Epstein boasted in emails to JP Morgan senior executive Jes Stanley about Mandelson’s influence, as Mandelson had been named to the House of Lords, and was serving as UK’s business secretary.
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Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Hall, North’s secretary, admitted to shredding damning documents related to the controversy.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The inspector general is a nonpolitical appointee whose office is independently staffed and legally insulated from interference by the Labor secretary or other political appointees.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
William Parker, a fringe autism researcher, has spoken with the health secretary five times in the past month.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Hall, North’s secretary, admitted to shredding damning documents related to the controversy.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The inspector general is a nonpolitical appointee whose office is independently staffed and legally insulated from interference by the Labor secretary or other political appointees.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
William Parker, a fringe autism researcher, has spoken with the health secretary five times in the past month.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
Noun
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Leaders should resist the temptation to over-engineer registrar platforms simply to appear innovative.—
Sammy Ahmed,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, Riverside County’s registrar estimates the cost to be between $15 and $16 million.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His teenage son, John Wesley, worked as a clerk who tuned stringed instruments.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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The application goes to the city clerk and then gets sent to The Citizen Advisory Committee on the Naming of Streets.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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