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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk
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as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the clerk suggested a different brand
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants
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Recent Examples of clerk
Mawhinney, 59, took the plea deal during a hearing Friday in Stamford Superior Court, according to the clerk’s office.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
For over a year, NPR's Carrie Johnson dug into the federal judiciary and spoke with dozens of current and former clerks about their experiences.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 June 2025
Online records didn't show booking or lawyer information for Killian and the county court clerk's office's phone didn't accept voicemails Tuesday evening.
—CBS News, 4 June 2025
Months later, police arrested Hoffman, a store clerk, and he was found guilty of beating the young father-to-be with a claw hammer and shooting him.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 7 June 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
For over a year, NPR's Carrie Johnson dug into the federal judiciary and spoke with dozens of current and former clerks about their experiences.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 June 2025
Online records didn't show booking or lawyer information for Killian and the county court clerk's office's phone didn't accept voicemails Tuesday evening.
—CBS News, 4 June 2025
Months later, police arrested Hoffman, a store clerk, and he was found guilty of beating the young father-to-be with a claw hammer and shooting him.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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But just as much of the malicious texting market is driven by Chinese gangs, the most dangerous TLDs are issued by Chinese registrars.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The supervisors selected Curtis from a pool of five finalists that included Shasta County’s current deputy registrar of voters and top elections workers from around the country.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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What salesman would have a job if 20% of their sales lost money?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
19 June 2025
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Like any successful salesman, Blackshire skirted his product’s flaws.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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Nevertheless, the walking dead break in anyway and the boy runs for his life, hiding out in a church where his father is the priest.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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But, in many ways, Chryseis—in spite of the apparent privileging of her name and her identity as a priest’s daughter that makes its way into the later stories about her—is the more silent, the more difficult to bring back to life, of the two.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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What To Know Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles last week regarding the ongoing protests, and Padilla, a California Democrat, was in attendance.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The Grayslake walk, in collaboration with community partners, was launched in 2021 by Tamika Y. Nash of Grayslake, secretary of the Board of Education of Community Consolidated School District 46, and also Juneteenth event coordinator.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Fight Night became a way to explore the soul of that shift — through hustlers and preachers, cops and kingpins, veterans and dreamers.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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These were often portraits of people at work—jockeys, preachers, movie stars—that showcase the indiscriminate pleasure Crews took in shoptalk.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Reuters — India’s government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at least 270 lives this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding that the authorities were investigating all possible causes.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Although it’s been ordaining openly gay ministers since the 1970s, UCC isn’t the only church opening its doors to LGBTQ+ worshippers.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Descended from a long line of clergymen, he was apprenticed to a bookseller at fifteen, which seems to have decided his professional fate.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The daughter of an Anglican clergyman, Emily lived almost all of her life in Haworth, a remote village in the southern Pennines, hundreds of miles from literary London.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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As a Lutheran deacon, Ross Murray, who’s the vice president of education and training at the GLAAD Media Institute, spends a lot of time working with LGBTQ+ teenagers.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 June 2025
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On April 30, the Toms River Township Council placed an ordinance on its agenda to condemn the church's 10-acre site, which includes the parish house, auditorium, school, sanctuary and deacon’s residence, under its eminent domain power.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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