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 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 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 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 And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026 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, 12 Sep. 2025 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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Noun
  • But the clerks all said the disturbance occurred about three hours earlier, not before the noon deadline of the qualifying period.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
  • Victims might interact with a police department, sheriff or 911 operator; a state’s attorney; clerks and judges at the county courts.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
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  • Like other independent agencies, the EAC is designed to operate outside the direct control of the President or his Cabinet secretaries and maintain a degree of autonomy from the executive branch.
    Connor Greene, Time, 10 July 2026
  • The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council, two main trade groups, publicly celebrated their meetings with the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture departments in the spring.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026

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“Registrars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registrars. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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