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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
The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Republicans say the legislation consolidates the civil and criminal court clerks' offices in Orleans Parish, putting it in line with all other parishes in the state, which have a single clerk's office.
—Sara Cline, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2026
The civil and criminal court clerks have separate physical offices and different case management systems.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That reduced the number of clerks doing that job from 16 to three, saving $8 million over 12 years.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
In a memo to the state's county clerks and registrars, Weber said official certification would happen in June for the November 3 general election ballot.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Alito, 76, has been hiring clerks for next term and intends to continue serving into at least 2027, the sources who have spoken to Alito told ABC.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Not just paramedics and EMTs, but teachers, chefs, clerks, you and me.
—Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
Wage agreements must be submitted to legislative clerks 10 days in advance of any vote in the House or Senate.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Republicans say the legislation consolidates the civil and criminal court clerks' offices in Orleans Parish, putting it in line with all other parishes in the state, which have a single clerk's office.
—Sara Cline, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2026
The civil and criminal court clerks have separate physical offices and different case management systems.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
That reduced the number of clerks doing that job from 16 to three, saving $8 million over 12 years.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
In a memo to the state's county clerks and registrars, Weber said official certification would happen in June for the November 3 general election ballot.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Alito, 76, has been hiring clerks for next term and intends to continue serving into at least 2027, the sources who have spoken to Alito told ABC.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Not just paramedics and EMTs, but teachers, chefs, clerks, you and me.
—Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
Wage agreements must be submitted to legislative clerks 10 days in advance of any vote in the House or Senate.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 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.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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The next year, the A-Team members were Elliman’s highest-grossing salesmen.—
James D. Walsh,
Curbed,
10 Mar. 2026
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Or maybe there’s a hint of truth, and not all car salesmen are like that.—
Summer Ballentine,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Hippocratic doctors vigorously denounced the religious healers of the day, such as the priests toiling in the temple of Asclepius.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, its first female bishop in 2015, and now Mullally as the first archbishop of Canterbury.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Both swing states will elect new secretaries of state and governors this year, and both states currently have people in the running who have denied election results.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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The task force — which included numerous Cabinet secretaries — didn't accuse the Biden administration of any large pattern of suppressing churches themselves or the right to worship.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Dollison was a regular contributor to the Church of Christ publication The Living Message, which credited him as being a major inspiration for many influential Arkansas Church of Christ preachers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Clerks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerks. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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