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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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Corpus’ defense counters that Tapia’s coding of overtime pay on union business was intentional, not clerical, and that the arrest stemmed from her effort to rein in costly overtime practices.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
There are some cases where our analysis counts a worker twice because they were seen in two agencies or had multiple email addresses, likely due to a name change or clerical fix.
—Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
Most of the infractions cited by the FHSAA stemmed from a clerical oversight.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Corpus’ defense counters that Tapia’s coding of overtime pay on union business was intentional, not clerical, and that the arrest stemmed from her effort to rein in costly overtime practices.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
There are some cases where our analysis counts a worker twice because they were seen in two agencies or had multiple email addresses, likely due to a name change or clerical fix.
—Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
Most of the infractions cited by the FHSAA stemmed from a clerical oversight.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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