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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk
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as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the clerk suggested a different brand
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants
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Recent Examples of clerk
Here, Alex investigates suspicious activity among the townspeople, navigating the shop while drawing curious looks from other customers and exchanging tense words with the store clerk.
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Starting on Friday, anyone interested in applying for the role as interim county executive can apply on the county clerk’s website, submitting a short application and resume, McGee said.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
When the clerk, Merika Senior, tried to call her attorney, the woman in the ICE shirt driving the car reached back and snatched the phone from her hand, according to the report.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Starting on Friday, anyone interested in applying for the role as interim county executive can apply on the county clerk’s website, submitting a short application and resume, McGee said.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
When the clerk, Merika Senior, tried to call her attorney, the woman in the ICE shirt driving the car reached back and snatched the phone from her hand, according to the report.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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However, the registrar of voters office said in March that the group fell 1,027 short of the number required because of signatures determined to be invalid or in need of information such as a date or an address.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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For families with online businesses, losing credentials to the website, registrar, email, commerce platform, accounting tools, or payment processors can interrupt revenue, create compliance risk, and jeopardize continuity.—
Jamie Hopkins,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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That fear hung over Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, on England’s northwestern coast, where members of Parliament (MPs) and party members gathered this week to take stock of a country that is running out of patience for what Labour is selling, and of sympathy for its salesman.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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That lifetime began in a suburb of Toledo called Sylvania, where he was born the son of a graphic artist mother and an insurance salesman father who took him to a Jimi Hendrix concert in the eighth grade that would forever change his life.—
Otto Rabe,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many African Anglican churches refuse to ordain female priests.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The prison’s priest, Father Joseph O’Brien (Isaacs), joins forces with Jim Estelle (Kitsch), head of the Texas Department of Corrections, by offering himself as a hostage to out-game Carrasco and his men, in an effort to save the lives of the other hostages that have been taken.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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The outlet also reported that Harry’s aides had a private meeting with the king’s communications secretary in London.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Leakey employed Goodall as a secretary and sent her to study primate behavior in London in 1958.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Carolyn Smith, the late preacher’s daughter, said her father — like Pendleton a Knoxville College graduate — was instrumental in recruiting Pendleton and other Black educators to teach in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most famously, the late preacher and radio host Harold Camping predicted doomsday again and again.—
C. A. Bridges,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Saudi Arabia launched a high-profile effort to stamp out corruption in 2017 with the detention of princes, government ministers, and business moguls at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, recovering over $100 billion in assets.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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In choosing the former economic security minister as its leader, the Liberal Democratic Party is essentially betting on a swing back to the right to attract the younger voters who have flocked to smaller populist outfits, including the arch-conservative Sanseito party.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, cousin Edmund, an aspiring clergyman, falls under the charms of Mary Crawford, written by Austen as a charming but immoral woman.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Blanc seeks to interview alongside another clergyman (O'Connor, 35).—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pictures of their father in the home are displayed, along with notable achievements, such as his appointment as an official deacon.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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Without its longtime deacon, the church has remained shuttered.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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