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
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for registrars
Noun
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Drivers anxious to pay their tickets right away were unable to because clerks couldn’t yet match their payment with violations.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the fall, election clerks worked late into the night to process more than 70,000 voter registrations that had piled up while the county switched to the Texas Secretary of State's software for processing registrations.—
Saul Pink,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But while publicly lauding the diligence of IRS officials is an appropriate move for Treasury secretaries, those officials will need resources, and possibly more colleagues, to maintain it.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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They were joined by five former Treasury secretaries appointed by presidents of both political parties and other former high-ranking economic officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Registrars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/registrars. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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