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dignitary

[dig-ni-ter-ee] / ˈdɪg nɪˌtɛr i /


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The Philadelphia Police Department’s Dignitary Protection Section stationed cars outside the homes of the commissioners and their staff members.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2020

"You have to be creative," Wes Schwark, assistant to the special agent in charge of the Dignitary Protective Division, said in an interview with The Associated Press.

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2019

Troopers in Oregon’s Dignitary Protection Unit estimated they looked into more than 100 possible threats against Brown without documenting the investigations; they provided no equivalent estimate for Kulongoski and Kitzhaber.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2018

Dignitary wounds cannot always be healed with the stroke of a pen.

From Time • Jun. 26, 2015

Dignitary, I am aware that Thou knowest both kinds of writing, and that the wisdom of priests is not strange to thee.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah




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