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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Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Inside Iran — and at demonstrations abroad — a vocal monarchist movement has been advocating for his son, Reza Pahlavi, to assume leadership should Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the clerical establishment fall.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Monday in Dallas, the Houston congressman blamed the inaccurate date on a clerical error and said his Republican Senate primary rival’s attacks show that the Hunt campaign is surging.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on the average annual increases in a subset of the overall consumer price index called the index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
In an age when police detectives took advantage of a clerical staff to type their cases and warrants, Sanders chose to keep a 22-pound, 1950s model Royal manual typewriter on his desk, preferring to type his cases and warrants himself.
—Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Inside Iran — and at demonstrations abroad — a vocal monarchist movement has been advocating for his son, Reza Pahlavi, to assume leadership should Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the clerical establishment fall.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Monday in Dallas, the Houston congressman blamed the inaccurate date on a clerical error and said his Republican Senate primary rival’s attacks show that the Hunt campaign is surging.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on the average annual increases in a subset of the overall consumer price index called the index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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