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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are seconded from" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in contexts where someone supports or endorses a proposal or idea that originated from another source.
Example: "The recommendations for the new policy are seconded from the committee's findings."
Alternatives: "are supported by" or "are endorsed from".
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are seconded from
noun
One that is number two in a series.
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Supposedly independent, it is nothing of the sort: almost all its staff are seconded from HMRC.
DFs are seconded from the local healthcare economy to act as champions for change, translating and disseminating knowledge from practice into the research studies and vice versa, taking the knowledge developed by academics back into their own practice environments.
We have also invested heavily, and continue to do so — for the sake of the research — in students who are enrolled in the nutrition doctoral program at the University of Montreal and who are seconded from partner institutions in Africa because they can also develop research skills in their own countries and strengthen the capacity of their own institutions.
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Another assistant chief constable, Ken McIntosh, will also be seconded from North Yorkshire police.
Maxwell were seconded from the RAF to oversee service training.
Birmingham are second-from-bottom with just two points from four games.
Crewe are third-from-bottom in League One and just a point away from safety.
In contrast, Dougie Freedman's Bolton are third-from-bottom with one point from a possible nine.
Laughworks were second-from-top of the bill.
United are fifth from bottom.
And now we are seconds from the target.
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