Public Record Office

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noun

an institution in which official records are stored and kept available for inspection by the public

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Words nearby Public Record Office

public opinion, public-opinion poll, public ownership, public policy, public prosecutor, Public Record Office, public relations, public room, public sale, public school, public sector

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How to use Public Record Office in a sentence

When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
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Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?
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Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.
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Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
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It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
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As such it is now presented to the public for whatever meed of praise or censure it is found to deserve.
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Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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Many of these have been seen in the Corcoran Art Gallery and in other public exhibitions.
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