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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
His mother, Laura, was a devout Methodist and a vegetarian, while his father, Kenneth, who worked as an accounts clerk and also restored prams and bicycles, had been a conscientious objector, and was a militant anti-smoker.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
The Apartment is a daring dissection of toxicity in the story of an insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) who lets his co-workers use his apartment to support their infidelity.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 June 2026
The former court clerk whose misconduct helped overturn Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction is now asking a federal judge to toss his $600,000 lawsuit against her.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 19 June 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
The Apartment is a daring dissection of toxicity in the story of an insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) who lets his co-workers use his apartment to support their infidelity.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 June 2026
The former court clerk whose misconduct helped overturn Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction is now asking a federal judge to toss his $600,000 lawsuit against her.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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The Pushing Daisies and Marcella star plays a fearsome and fearless doctor, who along with her second-in-command, registrar Dr Curtis Parker, leads a ragtag group of medical interns on their final chance at Pines Hospital.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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More than 782,000 Orange County voters’ ballots have already been counted for the June 2 primary election, data from the registrar of voters show.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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After four years of service, Dreesen had various jobs and worked for a time as an insurance salesman before he was recruited into the Jaycees, a men’s civic group that sought to solve problems in the community.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Poland 🇵🇱 Goldwyn was a glove salesman before forming the first of several movie studios, including what would become MGM.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Jerry Brown left seminary before becoming a priest but made his Jesuit education central to his political identity — especially his frugality, environmentalism and preference for rehabilitation over incarceration.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Or the priest electing to stay in the city and open his doors to at-risk youths even as most of his flock had fled to the suburbs.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Lowther-Pinkerton is a former SAS soldier and equerry to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who served as Prince William and Prince Harry's full-time principal private secretary from 2005 to 2013, plus a year of part-time service in the role after.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
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Biddle has been with MDOT since 2023, served as acting secretary in 2025, and has two decades of experience, serving in both the public and private sectors of the transportation industry.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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She was born into slavery in the North and later won her freedom, becoming an acclaimed speaker, preacher and activist.—
Jocelyn Frye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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According to the Daily Mail report, the preacher and Key exchanged a series of text messages in the spring of 2026 that his wife eventually read.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Burnham, a former cabinet minister who’s been Mayor of Greater Manchester for the best part of a decade, now re-enters parliament at a pivotal moment for his party.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The minister seemed to be reacting to an Israeli report that four soldiers had been killed in the south of Lebanon on Thursday when their tank was struck during a combat operation outside Kfar Tebnit.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2026
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Robin, our hero, is the son of a country clergyman.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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The trio of vicars starts with James Norton as Sidney Chambers, the doe-eyed clergyman with a taste for cool jazz and clever women.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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When there’s a big medical bill, the deacon, or maybe some sort of committee, a small committee within the church, try to pull some funds together to pay for it.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
6 June 2026
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Titian painted Saint Lawrence—a third-century church deacon who was slow-roasted for defying Roman authorities—bound to a palette over a sizzling fire, while a man thrusts a long, forked skewer into his torso.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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