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Recent Examples of clerkship
Then came a clerkship on the 10th Circuit and a job at a big law firm in Seattle.
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Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerkship
Noun
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Apostles are all men in accordance with the church's all-male priesthood.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025
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Apostles are all men in accordance with the church’s all-male priesthood.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Fortune,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In total, the outlets reported that nine abbots and senior monks have stepped down from their roles or been thrown out of the monkhood in relation to Emsawat’s case.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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Enrolling into monkhood may seem like a novel way of making amends, but the practice has become commonplace in Thailand, especially among people who have caused harm in public ways.—
Time,
Time,
29 June 2023
Noun
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The diaconate represents the Church’s third degree of holy orders, below the presbyterate, or priests, and episcopate, or bishops.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
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Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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In the internal logic of Venezuela’s ruling system, power functions less like that of a modern institutional state and more like a feudal hierarchy, where control of armed force determines political survival.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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But some people involved will be new, including those at the top of the legislative hierarchy.—
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger,
Des Moines Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Clerkship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkship. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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