registrars

plural of registrar
as in clerks
an official whose job is to keep records got a copy of his transcript from the school's registrar

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Recent Examples of registrars Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 In this cynical age, our local registrars of voters, usually one from each party, remain respected public officials. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Once certified, petitioners then have just over two months to collect and submit the requisite number of signatures to local registrars and ultimately the Secretary of State. — Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026 But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026 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 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 Historically, observers were also charged with registering voters at polling stations and local registrars’ offices with the specific goal of assisting disenfranchised minorities. — Allison Mashell Mitchell, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • The commission agreed to her recommendation that the guidance tell clerks to encourage law enforcement agents planning to come to the polls to be in plain clothes and not uniforms.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That analysis is an undercount, since many court clerks don’t clearly label attorney filings on their dockets.
    — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, at least six secretaries of state offices received threatening letters containing suspicious substances, though hazardous material was not found, according to media reports.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That changed after the 2020 presidential election, when secretaries of state in places such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan were thrust into battles over election results, certification and false claims of widespread fraud.
    — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Registrars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registrars. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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