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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Fake news is spreading fake reporters faster than any communications team on the planet could dispel it.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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But when pressed Thursday about the timing, funding and targets of the trip, officials offered few answers, ending the news conference without taking questions from reporters.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Once Raymond was discharged from the military, the couple lived outside of New York City for a while before relocating to Nashville, archivists told WTVF.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Ḫattuša archivists developed a catalog and corresponding metadata — titles taken from the first words of each text, brief descriptions of contents, genre classifications, and the like.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Mexican defense and navy secretaries planned to meet with Northern Command officials in Washington on Wednesday in a meeting scheduled to be attended by representatives of several other countries, Sheinbaum said during a news conference.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Searches of business records kept by the Colorado and Kansas secretaries of state did not show an entity registered with that name in either state, though a business with that name is registered in Delaware.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 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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My main focus is more transparency and freedom of information from the clerks office.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Courts work collaboratively with clerks, legal aid organizations, and bar associations to expand educational materials, improve accessibility, and help people navigate the system effectively.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Bookkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeepers. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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