secretarial
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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 Marcellus report also points out that white-collar urban jobs are becoming harder to come by as artificial intelligence automates clerical, secretarial and other routine work.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
Trump’s secretarial nominations for the Treasury and Commerce departments were in attendance.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
He finished high school, earned a college degree in legal secretarial work and got married.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Vera Claythorne, her own secretarial position clear in her mind, spoke at once.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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