secretary
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He appointed the state’s first-ever deputy secretary for tribal affairs at the Natural Resources Agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Come to think of it, there’s no press secretary.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We must now find the stamina to push through to conclude our discussions on all the critical topics before us," said Schomaker, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn is leading an official review into Neets and is expected to recommend major reforms designed to get many off benefits and into work.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Ellsberg, who was heading home for a short leave, got up and followed the secretary to the back of the plane.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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But there were also 961,610 “medical secretaries and administrative assistants.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Theranos board of directors included luminaries such as former U.S. secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, and former U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Unlike Ms. Leavitt, and many other White House press secretaries, Ms. Zacharia has a law degree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
I’ve worked with incoming press secretaries at all levels, from City Hall to the White House.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The secretaries in the English department kept getting phone calls; there were messages left on yellow slips of paper: Where was I?
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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