as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the salesclerk told us where to find the jewelry department
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Recent Examples of salesclerk
The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
One of her salesclerks, Kathy Finneran, arranged a blind date for Betsy with her cousin, Midshipman Oliver L. North who was completing his final year at the US Naval Academy.
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Fox News Staff,
Fox News,
14 Dec. 2024
Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
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Yuri Kageyama,
Fortune,
29 June 2023
During her teenage years, Mrs. Bell started her first job working as a salesclerk at Tommy Tucker’s Five and Dime Store on Pennsylvania Avenue, family members said.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2022
When his 19-year-old wife Margaret purchased a cigarette case at a Woolworth’s in Salt Lake City, a diligent salesclerk noticed that the serial number on a $5 bill matched one on a list circulated by the FBI.
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oregonlive,
24 Sep. 2021
Hochschild’s envious, inflexible salesclerk reappears in Goleman’s book, now adapted for his purposes.
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Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2021
The actors compensate to some extent for the drift, particularly Vance as the peaceable George and the formidable Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby, Leti’s no-nonsense sister, who aspires to a salesclerk’s job at Marshall Field.
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Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2020
Bartenders were second, followed by drivers and salesclerks.
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Olivera Perkins,
cleveland,
19 Jan. 2020
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
One of her salesclerks, Kathy Finneran, arranged a blind date for Betsy with her cousin, Midshipman Oliver L. North who was completing his final year at the US Naval Academy.
—
Fox News Staff,
Fox News,
14 Dec. 2024
Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
—
Yuri Kageyama,
Fortune,
29 June 2023
During her teenage years, Mrs. Bell started her first job working as a salesclerk at Tommy Tucker’s Five and Dime Store on Pennsylvania Avenue, family members said.
—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2022
When his 19-year-old wife Margaret purchased a cigarette case at a Woolworth’s in Salt Lake City, a diligent salesclerk noticed that the serial number on a $5 bill matched one on a list circulated by the FBI.
—
oregonlive,
24 Sep. 2021
Hochschild’s envious, inflexible salesclerk reappears in Goleman’s book, now adapted for his purposes.
—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2021
The actors compensate to some extent for the drift, particularly Vance as the peaceable George and the formidable Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby, Leti’s no-nonsense sister, who aspires to a salesclerk’s job at Marshall Field.
—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2020
Bartenders were second, followed by drivers and salesclerks.
—
Olivera Perkins,
cleveland,
19 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesclerk
Noun
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The book, set in 1926 Harlem, follows a salesman who kills his young lover; Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature the year after it was published.
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Pughsley, one of the last old-school American bookies, with a salesman’s knack for generating business and a website that was ahead of its time, was going down, and the people around him were, too.
Noun
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That belief is guiding the work of the clerk’s office.
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Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently.
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“Salesclerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesclerk. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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