executive secretary
noun
: a secretary having administrative duties
especially
: an official responsible for administering the activities and business affairs of an organization
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The email was sent under the name of Erica Carr—the acting executive secretary at USAID—and bears a USAID logo.
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TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
At the center of the controversy is an email sent under the name of Erica Carr, the acting executive secretary at USAID, bearing the agency's logo.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
As executive secretary of Florida’s NAACP, Mr. Moore helped the organization grow to 63 branches and 10,000 members, and register 116,000 voters—31% of Black voting-age Floridians—in the six years after the Supreme Court’s 1944 decision outlawing white primaries.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Yan introduced Wang to Chen, who Wang says took a liking to him and asked him to serve as his executive secretary.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
At the center of the controversy is an email sent under the name of Erica Carr, the acting executive secretary at USAID, bearing the agency's logo.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
As executive secretary of Florida’s NAACP, Mr. Moore helped the organization grow to 63 branches and 10,000 members, and register 116,000 voters—31% of Black voting-age Floridians—in the six years after the Supreme Court’s 1944 decision outlawing white primaries.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Yan introduced Wang to Chen, who Wang says took a liking to him and asked him to serve as his executive secretary.
—Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for executive secretary
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“Executive secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20secretary. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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