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ministries

NOUN
the functions of the clergy
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NOUN
a department of state
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"Appropriate measures must be taken by the relevant ministries and agencies to protect schoolchildren and students, including senior citizens and patients with respiratory illnesses," King Sultan Ibrahim said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

White House spokesman Rogers told me “the Venezuelan ministries that have power to grant concessions were the ones that lawfully granted these concessions” to NABEP.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Vatican and the foreign ministries of Pakistan and Russia didn’t respond to requests for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

TOKYO—Japan will continue to seek a balance between fiscal sustainability and economic growth, the country’s finance minister said, even as ministries submitted record budget requests of nearly $918 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He also found that the evangelical ministries were hobbled without adequate salaries to attract professional staff members and without centers of their own where students could gather, socialize, and study the Bible.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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