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
Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia by about 11,800 votes in an election overseen by a Republican secretary of state and certified by a Republican governor.
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Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
And even before the commerce secretary’s remarks on Tuesday, the files had undercut Lutnick’s description of having cut ties with Epstein in 2005.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
That brings us to the Bennett Hypothesis, named after Ronald Reagan’s second education secretary, William Bennett, who argued that federal subsidies incentivize colleges to raise prices.
—Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Tutwiler is the latest Cabinet secretary to leave during Healey’s term.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
And even before the commerce secretary’s remarks on Tuesday, the files had undercut Lutnick’s description of having cut ties with Epstein in 2005.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
That brings us to the Bennett Hypothesis, named after Ronald Reagan’s second education secretary, William Bennett, who argued that federal subsidies incentivize colleges to raise prices.
—Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Tutwiler is the latest Cabinet secretary to leave during Healey’s term.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
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Mayne, the registrar at the Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove, and Debbie Fandrei, the museum’s director and the other historian, began a search of dozens of contemporaneous sources, including the News-Sun.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Rather than placing orders with a counter clerk, Luckin customers select and pay for drinks directly through an app.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Less-skilled workers, such as truck drivers and postal clerks, have actually lost ground in terms of income.—
Mark Robert Rank,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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