Examples of salesclerk in a Sentence
the salesclerk told us where to find the jewelry department
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The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
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Yuri Kageyama,
Fortune,
29 June 2023
When his 19-year-old wife Margaret purchased a cigarette case at a Woolworth’s in Salt Lake City, a diligent salesclerk noticed that the serial number on a $5 bill matched one on a list circulated by the FBI.
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oregonlive,
24 Sep. 2021
Hochschild’s envious, inflexible salesclerk reappears in Goleman’s book, now adapted for his purposes.
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Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2021
The actors compensate to some extent for the drift, particularly Vance as the peaceable George and the formidable Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby, Leti’s no-nonsense sister, who aspires to a salesclerk’s job at Marshall Field.
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Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2020
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
—
Yuri Kageyama,
Fortune,
29 June 2023
When his 19-year-old wife Margaret purchased a cigarette case at a Woolworth’s in Salt Lake City, a diligent salesclerk noticed that the serial number on a $5 bill matched one on a list circulated by the FBI.
—
oregonlive,
24 Sep. 2021
Hochschild’s envious, inflexible salesclerk reappears in Goleman’s book, now adapted for his purposes.
—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2021
The actors compensate to some extent for the drift, particularly Vance as the peaceable George and the formidable Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby, Leti’s no-nonsense sister, who aspires to a salesclerk’s job at Marshall Field.
—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2020
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“Salesclerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesclerk. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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salesclerk
noun
sales·clerk
ˈsā(ə)lz-ˌklərk 
: a person employed to sell goods in a store
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