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[min-uh-ster] / ˈmɪn ə stər /




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In an open letter to the prime minister, chancellor and West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker, industry leaders argued Britain's automotive supply chain was "not in decline" but "in the wrong market".

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

A fresh-faced new prime minister, Tony Blair, was said to have been a modernising influence on sending such a direct message - an intervention later depicted in the movie, The Queen, starring Helen Mirren.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Past comments from Indonesia’s incoming finance minister also indicate a continued preference for fiscal prudence rather than fiscal activism.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

He added that France's interior minister had met regional prefects to step up vigilance.

From Barron's

The minister was not alone in his fight: he had a powerful ally in newspaperman Louis Austin.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Najib, the scion of a powerful political family whose father and uncle both served as prime ministers, has always denied the charges against him.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Officials said Healey will tell European finance ministers it is important to "learn lessons" after talks collapsed last year for Britain to join an EU defence loans scheme.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The proposals come as Stormont ministers face pressure from trade unions over public sector pay, with some health workers taking part in strike action in recent months.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The ministers will appoint an external reviewer with the review aiming to launch in late October and conclude by the end of February 2027.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Always, meeting us older hands in Mr. Muhammad’s service for the first time, there were several new ministers of small new Temples.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Among those he ministered to were two female prisoners, one of them a Muslim, which raised some hackles in the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 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

I ministered to their needs, making sure that there was enough sea water inside each and that the cones and chambers were inflated to just the right pressure.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Describing her experience ministering as a person of colour, Rev Eileen Cremin said it was "overall positive".

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

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

And no doubt Hilaria has been torn between ministering to her husband and her children.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2025

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

From Salon Nov. 3, 2024

“It’s in Hebrews. It says, ‘Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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