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secretary

noun

ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē

Definition of secretary

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 Wes Streeting, whose resignation as health secretary in May helped topple Starmer, took over the defense portfolio. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 Kies was confirmed by the Senate as Treasury’s assistant secretary for tax policy in June 2025, and had been acting IRS chief counsel since November. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Pollard predicted that the Burnham government would pursue additional sanctions against Israel with the support of a Jewish foreign secretary. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Andy Burnham, the UK’s new prime minister, has decided to stick rather than twist with his choice of culture secretary. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for secretary

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As an internet domain registrar and web hosting company, GoDaddy bears the risk that CSAM may be hosted on its platform and has the technical ability to disable the website and remove the content.

— Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

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But hundreds of family court records obtained from the Augusta District Court clerk’s office detail years of allegations of physical and verbal abuse raised by his second ex-wife on behalf of herself and his daughters.

— Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 17 July 2026
Rice was 13 months old and never got to know his father, a body builder and supermarket stock clerk, according to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026

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