Examples of clerical in a Sentence
Adjective
She spent the summer doing clerical work for a lawyer.
a member of our clerical staff
The mistake was due to a clerical error.
Noun
some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Zam’s website and social media expertise helped spread information about protests against the clerical regime and exposed widespread regime corruption.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The Trump administration initially said that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was the result of a clerical error.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Zam’s website and social media expertise helped spread information about protests against the clerical regime and exposed widespread regime corruption.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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