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as in registrars
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 salesmen
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the clerk suggested a different brand
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as in priests
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 clerks
Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently.
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Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks.
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Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
The company is looking to hire deli, grocery and meat clerks, cashiers, managers and administrative coordinators.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Store clerks must calculate eligibility not by age but by birth date — often at busy moments in front of impatient customers.
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Alex Weatherall,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
Three clerks remembered bringing summer interns on their first day to watch the judge presiding over a hearing in a criminal case.
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ABC News,
9 June 2026
The Unity Party also has two candidates for governor, and unaffiliated voters can ask their county clerks for that ballot.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
Last month, Newsom urged local election clerks to speed the count to curb voting misinformation.
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Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks.
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Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
The company is looking to hire deli, grocery and meat clerks, cashiers, managers and administrative coordinators.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Store clerks must calculate eligibility not by age but by birth date — often at busy moments in front of impatient customers.
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Alex Weatherall,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
Three clerks remembered bringing summer interns on their first day to watch the judge presiding over a hearing in a criminal case.
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ABC News,
9 June 2026
The Unity Party also has two candidates for governor, and unaffiliated voters can ask their county clerks for that ballot.
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Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
Last month, Newsom urged local election clerks to speed the count to curb voting misinformation.
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Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerks
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County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots.
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Last Tuesday, the California Secretary of State reported that proponents, led by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, had turned in more than enough valid signatures to county registrars, ensuring that voters will be given an opportunity to restore the original intent of Proposition 13.
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The people who work during the day did not go home — secretaries, anybody, salesmen — just to be in Frank Sinatra's presence.
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In May, Hendy had gone all the way to Pocatello, Idaho, and back, 649 miles each way, while making a series of stops to scrutinize the route and line up crack salesmen as guides.
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More than 680 priests served in the diocese during the 75 years covered in the investigation.
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Many progressive priests and community members reject these exclusionary rules and quietly defy them.
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Both secretaries’ preferences have also been floated at various turns by OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Trump watched Game 3 from Knicks owner James Dolan’s suite, along with granddaughter Kai, personal adviser Boris Epshteyn and Cabinet secretaries Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy and Doug Burgum.
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Son of a Preacherman, Choi's latest work, is an autobiographical look at the writer's upbringing in a family of preachers.
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Revivalist preachers followed them.
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“Clerks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerks. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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