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ministry

[min-uh-stree] / ˈmɪn ə stri /
NOUN
the functions of the clergy
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NOUN
a department of state
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Bakker remarried in 1998, and alongside second wife Lori launched a new TV ministry in 2003.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Jim loved people deeply. He loved this ministry, and he loved the friends and partners who stood with him throughout the years.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The unprecedented mix of stimulus, inflation and swings in postpandemic demand threw off economic forecasting models that the finance ministry used for annual budgeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The interior ministry said it sank about 30 nautical miles south of the fishing port of Sfantu Gheorghe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Lately, though, Havens has been contemplating steps that would take him away from Brown and campus ministry.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

His group and other militias hold top positions in ministries, as well as dozens of seats in Iraq’s parliament where they played a role in Zaidi’s selection in the negotiations that followed last year’s election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Soldiers from the army and national security services blocked access to government ministries.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The government has recently moved state ministries to Pétion-Ville, located just below Kenscoff, from Port-au-Prince’s violent downtown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Kabul Radio, the ministries of Communication and the Interior, and the Foreign Ministry building had also been captured.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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