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secondment

[si-kond-muhnt] / sɪˈkɒnd mənt /


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Around 2013, Walker left the Gates Foundation and moved to the World Bank through a secondment, meaning the foundation continued to pay her salary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Roberts told one of his victims he was employed by the American ABC News network and was on a two-year secondment to BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

Sir Laurie is now reviewing emails sent and received by the chancellor's husband, Nicholas Joicey, a senior civil servant who is currently on secondment.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

Interim head coach Simon Easterby may, understandably, still be finding his feet as he steps in for Farrell during the latter's Lions secondment.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2025

He can only hope it is an aberration and not a portent for a grim autumn campaign before his secondment with the British and Irish Lions.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2024




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