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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Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Recently, the state merged 67 job titles for generalist positions, which Ambrose described as the clerical, analyst and manager series, into eight classifications.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
That's 20- effectively a clerical error.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Iran’s Javan Online, a mouthpiece of the country’s clerical army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has depicted the agreement as nothing short of an Armenian capitulation to Azerbaijan’s demands.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
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—Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
Recently, the state merged 67 job titles for generalist positions, which Ambrose described as the clerical, analyst and manager series, into eight classifications.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
That's 20- effectively a clerical error.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Iran’s Javan Online, a mouthpiece of the country’s clerical army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has depicted the agreement as nothing short of an Armenian capitulation to Azerbaijan’s demands.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clerical
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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