How to Use social secretary in a Sentence

social secretary

noun
  • The office is comparable in many ways to that of the White House social secretary.
    — Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2018
  • Carlos Elizondo, too, will reprise his role as White House social secretary.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Franklin’s affair with Eleanor’s social secretary, Lucy Mercer.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
  • White House social secretary Rickie Niceta has also resigned, two sources said.
    — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2021
  • Wedding and event planners were generally called social secretaries.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Averting last-minute crises is part of the unwritten job description of a social secretary, one of the most crucial but unsung roles in any White House.
    — New York Times, 18 Oct. 2020
  • But Desiree Rogers, the Obamas’ first social secretary, sought to expel pervasive nineties frump.
    — Susannah Jacob, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Some topiary trees took a little longer to arrive, said social secretary Carlos Elizondo.
    — Time, 30 Nov. 2021
  • World-class catering and staff are at your fingertips, along with the White House's own florist and social secretary to handle all the decorating and inviting.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
  • The Brooklyn Museum has one owned by Babe Paley that was donated by her social secretary!
    — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, in 1960, she was sued for libel and defamation by her former social secretary, Yvonne MacPherson.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The East Wing also became the home of the first lady’s office, along with the home of the White House’s social secretary and calligrapher.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
  • At one point, the Observer found his social secretary, Floral Headpiece, rummaging thorough a broom closet near the foyer.
    — al, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Bernard formerly served as social secretary and special assistant to President Obama.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2021
  • Garcetti, in his own deposition, denied making such a statement to Bernard, a former social secretary for President Obama.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • But for all the anachronism of viewing a first lady as a spouse and social secretary in the year of #MeToo, the discussion of her refinement, thoughtfulness and grace served as a counterpoint to her husband.
    — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The Philadelphia native began her White House tenure as a 31-year-old intern attending community college who rose through the ranks to become social secretary.
    — Donna Owens, Essence, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Russell highlights a pivotal moment in 1918 when Roosevelt found her husband’s love letters to her onetime social secretary, Lucy Mercer, and confirmed their affair.
    — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
  • As Floral Headpiece, his social secretary, decried throughout the interlude, this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Infant Mystics.
    — The Masked Observer, AL.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • In September 1918, Eleanor, unpacking his luggage after a trip abroad, discovered love letters from Lucy Mercer, her social secretary.
    — David Nasaw, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Deesha Dyer, the White House social secretary for the Obama administration, explained the decorating process in a 2016 blog post.
    — Temi Adebowale, Country Living, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Eleanor Roosevelt first professionalized the office there, and in 1977, Rosalynn Carter started the tradition of the office of the first lady being located in the wing, alongside the White House social secretary.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • On Tuesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation weighed in, calling on work to stop on the demolition, although there may not be much left of the East Wing, which has housed offices of the first lady and social secretary and is the entry point for most White House visitors and tourists.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025

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