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
Trump’s secretarial nominations for the Treasury and Commerce departments were in attendance.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025
Start in the mailroom, and work your way through secretarial and middle-management-themed areas, all the while mixing puzzles, games and choose-your-own-adventure-like choices.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
The group is chaired by Mr Fysh, and in May he told the BBC that the matter related to whether the secretarial services provided to the body's committee were correctly registered as benefits.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023
“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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