Thesaurus results for BOOKKEEPERS

bookkeepers

noun

plural of bookkeeper

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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 According to Xero, this feature will save accountants/bookkeepers 50 percent of their time devoted to reconciliation. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Intuit Academy offers free resources designed to help create a new generation of accountants and bookkeepers, with an emphasis on reaching underserved communities that stand to gain the most from access to training. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 Two former bookkeepers for Wyandotte County District Court and longtime best friends accused of stealing nearly $1 million from the court have been sentenced to prison terms. — Nathan Pilling july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Many afternoons after school, Annie worked alongside the agents, bookkeepers, and assistants, doing her homework or helping with the filing. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026 Banks in the latter half of the 20th century were able to automate some of the tasks performed by accountants and bookkeepers, and the rise of the ATM initially reduced the number of bank tellers. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026 The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Authorities were not immediately sure what caused the crash, and Cordero-Stutz declined to answer additional questions from reporters.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Those game-changing swings don’t happen, Crow-Armstrong reminds reporters, without the teammates who extend the inning and create opportunities.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reporters

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Almost 250 archivists have contributed to the project so far, and anyone is welcome to help document this wide and weird subsection of urban planning.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Publicly accessible early versions of some games released before this SteamPipe transition had been considered lost content by archivists, no longer accessible from Valve itself and living on only as local downloads on aging machines.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of archivists

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There is a long precedent of service secretaries shortly filling acting roles that isn't necessarily reflective of who ultimately becomes nominated.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Upstairs in the club’s offices in Soho, central London, Palace’s hierarchy, recruitment team, secretaries and other staff worked frantically under pressure as the 11pm deadline ticked ever closer.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of secretaries

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Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of registrars

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Election clerks raised similar concerns directly to USPS officials just days before the final rule was issued, at a mid-August National Association of Election Officials conference in Kansas City, Missouri, ProPublica has learned.

— Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
Other jobs on this list include occupations that are largely administrative and deal with handling data or customer service, such as office clerks, secretaries, administrative assistants, customer service reps and tellers.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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