as in recorder
a person whose job is to keep the financial records for a business
questioned the bookkeeper about an entry in the accounts
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Recent Examples of bookkeeper
This month, a grandmother who’d once worked as a bookkeeper for her family’s dental practice became the fifth defendant sent to prison for their role in the sprawling conspiracy.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
The Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church is seeking donations after former South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace openly admitting to stealing money while working as its bookkeeper.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The bookkeeper told me the owner loved me.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Using German plans and models, the facility's chief bookkeeper and amateur electrician, Stanislas Keenan, built one of the first medical diagnostic X-ray machines in the country in 1896.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
The Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church is seeking donations after former South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace openly admitting to stealing money while working as its bookkeeper.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The bookkeeper told me the owner loved me.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Using German plans and models, the facility's chief bookkeeper and amateur electrician, Stanislas Keenan, built one of the first medical diagnostic X-ray machines in the country in 1896.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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One potential explanation is that, following Epstein's death, the system could have been reconfigured so that this camera was attached to a different, functioning DVR recorder.—
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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But not like this—not with a recorder on.—
Aliya S. King,
VIBE.com,
6 Dec. 2025
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News of Short’s death spread quickly, and before authorities could cordon off the crime scene, reporters swarmed the area.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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O’Hara told reporters Minneapolis police had secured the scene and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) are processing evidence.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
15 Jan. 2026
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The secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, went further, calling the incident an act of domestic terrorism.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state, passionately advocated honoring the treaty, viewing it as a debt of gratitude to a nation that shared republican ideals and had sacrificed much for American liberty.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux remembered Bob Weir in a tribute posted on the band’s official social media pages.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
11 Jan. 2026
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That is how Ethel Walker wanted it, according to school archivist and teacher Kim Harris-Thacker, who is a font of knowledge about the school, its history and the interesting stories that star more than a century of students, teachers, and others.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
5 Jan. 2026
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Brom has held a succession of positions in the county elections office and currently serves as assistant registrar.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
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Local media outlets reported that the registrar said the seminar was cancelled because prior permission was not sought.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
16 Nov. 2025
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As part of the deal with McFadden, prosecutors dropped a felony charge of embezzlement by a clerk or agent, along with an enhancement that alleged aggravating circumstances.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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Trump has also repeatedly lashed out over the state’s incarceration of Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of state felonies related to her attempts to prove discredited election conspiracies shared by the president.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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