the ministry

noun

: religious leaders as a group : ministers as a group

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Meanwhile, air defenses intercepted 136 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions overnight, the ministry said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 O’Gieblyn was raised in a fundamentalist Christian community on Lake Michigan and intended to enter the ministry. — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Nearly 1,000 police officers and gendarmes were injured, the ministry said. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 However, the ministry’s statement does not provide independent verification of the results or disclose additional technical details about the missiles’ performance. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the ministry

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