secretarial
Americanadjective
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He assembled a research team to gather source documents, and a secretarial squad to which he dictated with a fervor he would make famous in World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
The donations, from five trade unions and staff associations, paid for "external secretarial support" for the Justice Unions Parliamentary group chaired by the MP.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
That house was sold in 1920, and after World War II the place became a secretarial school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
Trump’s secretarial nominations for the Treasury and Commerce departments were in attendance.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
“If I had I’d have cut off my right hand before it had a chance to do secretarial work for him!”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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