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
The secretary of Homeland Security can designate a country for TPS, and periodically conduct a review to determine whether conditions warrant extensions of current designations or expansions that can include more people under the protections.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Moreover, as the government pointed out in its briefs, the task force members are directly supervised by the HHS secretary, and members can be terminated at will.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
If other funders aren’t able to cover the difference, an enormous number of children will pointlessly die because the US secretary of health and human services happens to be wildly wrong about how diseases work.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 27 June 2025
What To Know Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles last week regarding the ongoing protests, and Padilla, a California Democrat, was in attendance.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Moreover, as the government pointed out in its briefs, the task force members are directly supervised by the HHS secretary, and members can be terminated at will.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025
If other funders aren’t able to cover the difference, an enormous number of children will pointlessly die because the US secretary of health and human services happens to be wildly wrong about how diseases work.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 27 June 2025
What To Know Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles last week regarding the ongoing protests, and Padilla, a California Democrat, was in attendance.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
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The lawsuit said the Justice Department received a complaint from a family member of a non-citizen in Orange County who had allegedly received an unsolicited mail ballot from the county registrar, despite their citizenship status.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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The county filed a complaint in April with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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After the vote, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, forced Senate clerks to read the entire 940-page bill rather than customarily waiving that chore.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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After nearly 16 hours, the Senate clerks concluded their reading of the bill on the floor, starting the clock on debate.—
Kaia Hubbard
June 29,
CBS News,
29 June 2025
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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