How to Use secretary in a Sentence

secretary

noun
  • He was the club's secretary.
  • He is a junior secretary at the embassy.
  • He works as a legal secretary.
  • You can set up an appointment with my secretary.
  • Leakey hired her as his secretary on the spot.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So, the secretary agreed to that change.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • And in his first days as secretary, there have been some changes.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, cheating with the secretary half your age is just so cliché.
    — Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And part of that effort is to win these key swing state, secretary of state seats.
    — Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The secretary was not in the White House that day.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mosley is the New York secretary of state.
    — Walter Mosely, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Gwen thinks when a legal secretary eyes her in horror and leaves.
    — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The mayor was told by agents at the gate the secretary was unavailable to meet.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • She has since been fired as DHS secretary.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Out of office, Carter tried to be a freelance secretary of state.
    — Jonathan Alter, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Sherman wants to know how much time the secretary — and government staff — spent on the project.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 May 2026
  • That's a promise both the president and the secretary have made.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Dana Barrett talks about her campaign for secretary of state.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The woman who answered was a secretary.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • The secretary has since resigned.
    — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Or the secretary of state, or the secretary of defense.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • But that did not appear to stop the campaign of criticism aimed at the secretary.
    — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • The task force finished its review this month and delivered the list to the secretary.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2022
  • Later he was elected to the state Senate and as secretary of state.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
  • Doyle said part of the secretary’s job is to set the tone for the agency so the rank and file know what is expected of them.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Hank Paulson served as secretary of the Treasury and did a great job.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Some people register once, move dozens of times and never think to tell their secretary of state.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The secretary doesn't have the authority to change that.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Calls for the secretary to resign or be fired are mounting from Democrats and public health groups.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Maine's secretary of state has not ruled out misconduct as the probe continues.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025

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