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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
Listen to this article A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly pointing a BB gun at a clerk during a robbery at a Southington AutoZone.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina Peters served as the clerk and recorder of Mesa County – the official responsible for running the county’s elections.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Miami-Dade’s new civil courthouse will be named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The company’s entry-level clerks got a $0.50 hourly bump, taking Costco’s minimum wage across the U.S. to $20 hourly.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Tina Peters served as the clerk and recorder of Mesa County – the official responsible for running the county’s elections.
—Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
Miami-Dade’s new civil courthouse will be named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The company’s entry-level clerks got a $0.50 hourly bump, taking Costco’s minimum wage across the U.S. to $20 hourly.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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The group submitted nearly 8,000 signatures to the registrar of voters office and the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission for review and validation.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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And mandatory mail voting in the 2020 general election helped hasten the shift away from in-person voting— a shift that Cynthia Paes, the county registrar of voters, notes was already well underway.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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As a gullible buyer starts to get nervous, the manager accidentally reveals that the salesman has been lying, torpedoing thousands of dollars in commission.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.—
Dennis McLellan,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Again, Two Spears deduces the facts — that the priest must have killed the girl’s father before the girl killed the priest in self-defense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kennedy's appointment as secretary of Health and Human Services has been met with simultaneous praise and skepticism based on his many beliefs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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As secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson was charged with using diplomacy and then bribery to secure the safety of our sailors and the seas.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The preacher and producer has been dating his soon-to-be wife for a year.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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Castillo is ecstatic to be marrying the preacher and was taken aback by the proposal.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ong, 79, is scheduled to plead guilty next week to charges related to the offences of former transport minister S. Iswaran, who was convicted in October of breaking the law for receiving gifts from the businessman.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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She was born near Pittsburgh, the daughter of a minister.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.—
Brett Martel,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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