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
Hawkins, who is running to become state insurance secretary, has said there is no excuse defying the demand.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
In a video of the meeting, Donald and Melania are greeted by Charles and Camilla, as well as private secretaries Sir Clive Alderton and Sophie Densham, when the president and king turn toward each other to speak privately.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 17 Sep. 2025
The truth is that Ian is not a wealthy lord but is the personal secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
The Treasury secretary has said that the Nvidia deal is going to be the role model for other types of arrangements like this.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
In a video of the meeting, Donald and Melania are greeted by Charles and Camilla, as well as private secretaries Sir Clive Alderton and Sophie Densham, when the president and king turn toward each other to speak privately.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 17 Sep. 2025
The truth is that Ian is not a wealthy lord but is the personal secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
The Treasury secretary has said that the Nvidia deal is going to be the role model for other types of arrangements like this.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretary
Noun
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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This was the second meeting in a row where Wagner and Nguyen did not win enough support to give formal direction to the registrar’s office.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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His teenage son, John Wesley, worked as a clerk who tuned stringed instruments.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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The application goes to the city clerk and then gets sent to The Citizen Advisory Committee on the Naming of Streets.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretary. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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