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minister

[min-uh-ster] / ˈmɪn ə stər /




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Indeed the Thai finance minister was boasting to me of how little his borrowing costs had gone up, especially in relation to the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Belgium's foreign minister Maxime Prevot condemned the attack and said Israel had a responsibility to bring those responsible to justice.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Among those considered by diplomats to be potential entrants are Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza under the US-backed "Board of Peace," and the UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs Lana Nusseibeh.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yevhenii Khmara, the country’s defense minister, told journalists Saturday that developing jet engines is a priority for Ukraine’s defense industry, with about 20 companies now working in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The minister, who took his ecumenical and—some felt—slightly impersonal remarks from Saint Paul’s sermon on Love from First Corinthians, talked for about half an hour.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The public anger comes as allegations of corruption among ministers and other senior officials grow louder.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The economic possibilities—and potential perils—of the new technology dominated discussions among finance ministers and central bankers gathered for the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The annual meetings bring together finance ministers, central bankers and policymakers from around the world, and Warsh said he had heard from others of the "common challenges" advanced economies faced.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yemeni information minister Moammar al-Eryani said the prime minister and cabinet ministers were safe, adding the attack had been carried out with five missiles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out among themselves.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Powe’s relatives belonged to the Knights, named for a 17th century Spanish Jesuit who ministered to enslaved people in Colombia and is the country’s patron saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

In 2016, Francis canonized Argentina’s first saint: José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero, a poncho-wearing, mate-sipping “gaucho priest” who ministered in the Argentine peripheries, and was in many ways a 19th-century version of Francis himself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

I was sick all day Sunday, ministered to by my girlfriend, who fed me chicken soup and bathed my head with wet washcloths.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

As one observer noted, “The Catholics of Chicago are ministered to in twelve different languages.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

The Church of England says that faith chaplains have been ministering to schools for centuries.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024

The commission cited Lin’s work ministering to fellow prisoners and translating the Bible into Chinese.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it and contiguous to absolutely nothing.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald


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