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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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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
There are three leadership vacancies, down from four last year, four clerical vacancies, the same number as last year, and nine open positions in food service, up from seven in mid-August 2023, according to Diaz.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
The population is increasingly fed up with conservative, clerical leadership.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2024
How a film exposed racial tensions in one of L.A. County’s whitest cities
July 6, 2021
Eventually, the officer explained to Puckett’s friend that there probably was a clerical error regarding his plates that needed to be cleared up with the DMV promptly, according to the footage.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
The list of characters played by Gary Oldman over the past four decades seems like a clerical error.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
There are three leadership vacancies, down from four last year, four clerical vacancies, the same number as last year, and nine open positions in food service, up from seven in mid-August 2023, according to Diaz.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
The population is increasingly fed up with conservative, clerical leadership.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2024
How a film exposed racial tensions in one of L.A. County’s whitest cities
July 6, 2021
Eventually, the officer explained to Puckett’s friend that there probably was a clerical error regarding his plates that needed to be cleared up with the DMV promptly, according to the footage.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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