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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Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
In the clip, the health secretary handled the snakes with his bare hands, holding them up by their tails for the camera to see.
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The Kenyan Cabinet secretary of maritime affairs, Hassan Joho, said that governments must now shift from promises to tangible action.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Someone needs to save the American people from the quackery of the health and human services secretary.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
In the clip, the health secretary handled the snakes with his bare hands, holding them up by their tails for the camera to see.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
The Kenyan Cabinet secretary of maritime affairs, Hassan Joho, said that governments must now shift from promises to tangible action.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Someone needs to save the American people from the quackery of the health and human services secretary.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
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The Pushing Daisies and Marcella star plays a fearsome and fearless doctor, who along with her second-in-command, registrar Dr Curtis Parker, leads a ragtag group of medical interns on their final chance at Pines Hospital.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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More than 782,000 Orange County voters’ ballots have already been counted for the June 2 primary election, data from the registrar of voters show.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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In a follow-up email the next day, the judge speculated to Pryor that the law clerk may have invented things in retaliation for being required to work in the office.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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In a follow-up email the next day, the judge speculated to Pryor that the law clerk may have invented things in retaliation for being required to work in the office.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2026
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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