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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 courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.
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Douglas Hanks
november 10, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
This double-entry bookkeeping revolved around having a set of accounts, drawn up by merchant bankers and their clerks, for households, companies and wealthy individuals, set out in debits and credits.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
When Burnett was a senior at McGavock High School, her boyfriend's father — Metro Council Member Mansfield Douglas III, a close friend of Tennessean editor John Seigenthaler — told her the newsroom was looking for copy clerks.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
These are post offices, clerks of court, libraries, and local government offices.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
The next election for county officers, which includes roles like sheriffs, county clerks, county attorneys and coroners, is scheduled for November 2026.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Most counties in Kansas have elected county clerks, but the Secretary of State appoints the election commissioner in Kansas’ four largest counties — including Wyandotte and Johnson.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
These include customer-service representatives, clerks, analysts, public-relations specialists, and administrators.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Douglas Hanks
november 10, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 8 Nov. 2025
This double-entry bookkeeping revolved around having a set of accounts, drawn up by merchant bankers and their clerks, for households, companies and wealthy individuals, set out in debits and credits.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
When Burnett was a senior at McGavock High School, her boyfriend's father — Metro Council Member Mansfield Douglas III, a close friend of Tennessean editor John Seigenthaler — told her the newsroom was looking for copy clerks.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
These are post offices, clerks of court, libraries, and local government offices.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
The next election for county officers, which includes roles like sheriffs, county clerks, county attorneys and coroners, is scheduled for November 2026.
—Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Most counties in Kansas have elected county clerks, but the Secretary of State appoints the election commissioner in Kansas’ four largest counties — including Wyandotte and Johnson.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
These include customer-service representatives, clerks, analysts, public-relations specialists, and administrators.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerks
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional registrars also face disintermediation threats and may resist integration efforts that could reduce their control over lucrative renewal fees.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Soon, vacuum salesmen across the country were opening CBD American Shaman shops at dizzying rates.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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His remarks come after reports that priests and pastoral workers have been unable to bring communion to those detained.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s Staten Island — working class, the world of the secretaries, the world that takes the ferry in to the financial district in New York.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s Cabinet secretaries at the time resisted wholesale cuts, and few of the plans reached fruition.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
20 Oct. 2025
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The most gifted preachers transformed that aura into spiritual empires, drawing thousands to megachurches, filling television airwaves and sometimes amassing personal fortunes.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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While preachers preached, D’Angelo learned ministry from the choir stand, leading the flock to epiphany one measure at a time.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Clerks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerks. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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