Secretary of State

noun phrase

: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries

: the head of one of several important departments of the British government

the Secretary of State for Home Affairs

Examples of Secretary of State in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Polling throughout the 2016 election showed former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton leading, and many didn’t take Trump’s bid seriously. —

Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Sep. 2024 Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle and former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have also thrown their support behind Harris. —

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 The lifelong Macomb County resident has been in politics since 1979, serving as a Harrison Township trustee and later supervisor, Macomb County treasurer, Michigan Secretary of State, and a U.S. Representative. —

Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024 In the last presidential election, over 1.9 million Minnesota voters voted via absentee, with 1.7 million of those ballots being returned before election day, according to the state's Office of the Secretary of State. —

Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Secretary of State

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