undersecretary
noun
un·der·sec·re·tary
ˌən-dər-ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē 
-ˈse-kə-
variants
or under secretary
: a secretary immediately subordinate to a principal secretary
—often capitalized when used as a title
the British Undersecretary for India
the Under Secretary of the Treasury
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Mary Veloso, a Filipino death-row drug convict, will return home by the end of the month after officials in Indonesia and the Philippines signed a deal to repatriate her, said Raul Vasquez, the undersecretary at the Department of Justice of the Philippines.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
By Wednesday, Julio Garro, Argentina’s undersecretary of sport, called for Messi to respond.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
Secretary Denis McDonough acted hours after a copy of a memo from a VA assistant undersecretary requesting the photo’s removal from all VA health facilities was shared on social media.
—Zeke Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
Gina Ortiz Jones, the PAC's founder and the former undersecretary to the U.S. Air Force, began looking into the state's top court after reading the ruling in the Cox case.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
By Wednesday, Julio Garro, Argentina’s undersecretary of sport, called for Messi to respond.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
Secretary Denis McDonough acted hours after a copy of a memo from a VA assistant undersecretary requesting the photo’s removal from all VA health facilities was shared on social media.
—Zeke Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
Gina Ortiz Jones, the PAC's founder and the former undersecretary to the U.S. Air Force, began looking into the state's top court after reading the ruling in the Cox case.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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undersecretary
noun
un·der·sec·re·tary
ˌən-dər-ˈsek-rə-ˌter-ē
: a secretary right under a principal secretary
undersecretary of state
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