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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Huff, a nuclear engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was the assistant secretary for nuclear energy in the Biden administration.
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Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Those laws sought to alter the reporting structure for the secretary or the directors in violation of Amendment 33 of the Arkansas Constitution, which protects the vested powers of constitutional boards, like the Board of Corrections, from usurpation by the governor, the General Assembly or both.
—Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026
Instead, the court ruled that the effectiveness of Missouri’s map was in the hands of Hoskins, the secretary of state, who has the power to decide whether to certify the referendum for the ballot.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
Sitting Cabinet officials tend not to get involved in political campaigns, and a federal law, known as the Hatch Act, bars cabinet secretaries and other executive branch officials from engaging in political activities in their official capacities.
—Justin Papp, CNBC, 18 May 2026
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Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Those laws sought to alter the reporting structure for the secretary or the directors in violation of Amendment 33 of the Arkansas Constitution, which protects the vested powers of constitutional boards, like the Board of Corrections, from usurpation by the governor, the General Assembly or both.
—Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026
Instead, the court ruled that the effectiveness of Missouri’s map was in the hands of Hoskins, the secretary of state, who has the power to decide whether to certify the referendum for the ballot.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
Sitting Cabinet officials tend not to get involved in political campaigns, and a federal law, known as the Hatch Act, bars cabinet secretaries and other executive branch officials from engaging in political activities in their official capacities.
—Justin Papp, CNBC, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
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What began as a panel of speakers Wednesday quickly turned into a room discussion, with people expressing distress and others responding with solutions or ways to get involved, such as signing up as a registrar, to register voters.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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In-person voting is already open at the county’s registrar-recorder/county clerk’s office in Norwalk, and will expand to county vote centers starting May 23.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Alex Murdaugh has filed a federal lawsuit against the now-former clerk of court whose interactions with the jury in his 2023 murder trial prompted the South Carolina Supreme Court last week to overturn his double murder convictions.—
Devon M. Sayers,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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The lawsuit alleges the clerk denied him his right to a fair trial.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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