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ministries

NOUN
the functions of the clergy
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NOUN
a department of state
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TOKYO—Japan will continue to seek a balance between fiscal sustainability and economic growth, the country’s finance minister said, even as ministries submitted record budget requests of nearly $918 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

A joint statement by the three foreign ministries said: "The victims of this incident and their families deserve justice and accountability, and we will continue to seek answers on their behalf."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

They have been asked to provide an equivalency assessment of their grades -- one they cannot possibly meet because, he said, "there are no functioning ministries or institutions" in Gaza.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

It presented itself as a body created to attract foreign investment into Africa's most populous country, operating from an office inside the Federal Secretariat in Abuja - the huge complex that houses Nigeria's government ministries.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Lyra was intoxicated; not about the North this time, but about London, and the restaurants and ballrooms, the soirées at embassies or ministries, the intrigues between White Hall and Westminster.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman



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