as in reporters
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 bookkeepers
The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs.
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Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeepers
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But John Connolly, the state's Medicaid director, told reporters Thursday the state has no evidence to substantiate such a high figure.—
STEVE KARNOWSKI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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There were no cameras or reporters there that day.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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For more than a year, Ricker has worked with government engineers, archivists and National Parks personnel to develop a device that will insulate and preserve dozens of present-day documents from natural elements, like water, oxygen and temperature fluctuations, for the country’s 500th anniversary.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Feb. 2026
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The mere departure of cabinet secretaries does not wipe the slate clean by any means.—
Steve Arentz,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Top Cabinet secretaries often complete the rounds of the shows, racing from studio to studio or video appearance to video appearance.—
Garrett Downs,Greg Iacurci,Azhar Sukri,Spriha Srivastava,Emma Graham,Lee Ying Shan,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some voters reported navigators and election clerks even sent them to the wrong locations.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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A number of public officials — Griswold, Rubinstein, Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of county clerks — have repeatedly urged the governor not to reduce Peters’ sentence, and similar efforts have been made behind the scenes.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Bookkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeepers. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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