secretary
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The Northern Ireland secretary said on Tuesday that it was "really important that the Parade's Commission carries the respect of all communities in Northern Ireland, otherwise it simply can't function".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
She expanded her audience when in 1980 she played an overworked, underappreciated secretary alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in “9 to 5.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The American Treasury secretary, who announced the policy, spelled it out himself.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, Stanley Druckenmiller, Bessent’s longtime mentor, sounded off on the Treasury secretary over intervention to bring down borrowing costs, calling it a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The commanding officer’s secretary, a red-cheeked man with a duck-like walk, burst in the door.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
In fact, Leavitt may well become the gold standard for press secretaries into the foreseeable future.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Former housing secretaries Angela Rayner and Michael Gove both backed reform when giving evidence together to MPs.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Stanford’s Hoover Institution has housed former secretaries of State and national security advisors for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Trump officials, among them the secretaries of the interior and energy, traveled to Caracas with executives to strike preliminary investment agreements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
You’d think she was the governor and not the principal of Roosevelt High, after how many messages I left and secretaries I had to talk to.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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