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ministries

NOUN
the functions of the clergy
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NOUN
a department of state
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The BBC has contacted their foreign ministries for comment.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sarma, a former senior government official who worked in the power and finance ministries, has called for a water audit by an independent agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 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

He began lobbying officials there to include the various second-line antibiotics on their list of “essential drugs”—a list that the ministries followed and allocated money for in their budgets.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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