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noun

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Recent Examples of clerical
Adjective
The board turned the protest down in a series of votes that went largely along party lines, noting that what were apparently clerical errors on the part of county election officials were not the fault of the voters. Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 According to the filing, the layoffs will commence on Feb. 18, and the company expects the layoffs to affect 134 warehouse workers, 204 dock workers and 14 clerical employees. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2025 His mayoral campaign at the time blamed it on clerical errors and small campaign staff. A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 The posting lists several requirements – recordkeeping, clerical support to the mayor and aldermen, proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for clerical 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerical
Adjective
  • Lebanon’s system of government requires the new president to convene consultations with lawmakers to nominate a Sunni Muslim prime minister to form a new cabinet, a process that can often be protracted as factions barter over ministerial portfolios.
    Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, legal experts said that wasn't true, that the vice president's role in certification, even according to the original Electoral Count Act, was purely ministerial.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bruce French, the dependable character actor who did lots of work for the theater and portrayed Father Lonigan, the blind priest on the soap opera Passions who somehow could sense that evil was imminent, has died.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In a video message posted in December updating the Catholic Diocese of Joliet’s restructuring plan, Bishop Ron Hicks cited declining Mass attendance, smaller Sunday collections and a shortage of active parish priests in forcing tough decisions.
    Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • From that crucible emerged a unique talent, adept at the pastoral origins of the game.
    Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • His duties range from preparing and preaching scriptures as well as other pastoral care to the usual mix of funerals, weddings and baptism.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the beginning, Moore actually wanted to be a preacher.
    Anthony Mason, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Sports Rose Bowl live updates: Ohio State dominates, but Oregon scores late in first half 18 minutes ago If the Rose Bowl is a church, then Joel Klatt is a preacher.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Even into the modern period, naming a foreign cleric as cardinal was taken as a measure of the importance of their country in the Catholic world.
    Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Iranian clerics who were willing to work with the Shah were undermined.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerical. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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