as in recorder
a person whose job is to keep the financial records for a business
questioned the bookkeeper about an entry in the accounts
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Recent Examples of bookkeeper
Born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, Geary was the son of Russell Dean Geary, a contractor who also owned a construction business, and Dana Geary, a homemaker who assisted with the family business as a bookkeeper.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Yes, the $10,000 bill was paid two weeks earlier, the bookkeeper informed her.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
This month, a grandmother who’d once worked as a bookkeeper for her family’s dental practice became the fifth defendant sent to prison for their role in the sprawling conspiracy.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Yes, the $10,000 bill was paid two weeks earlier, the bookkeeper informed her.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
This month, a grandmother who’d once worked as a bookkeeper for her family’s dental practice became the fifth defendant sent to prison for their role in the sprawling conspiracy.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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Deputy Recorder Jon Miller, a Republican, is running against Democrat Leslie Nuss Bamesberger for the recorder’s job.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Elle has become a collector of sounds, wandering the city with a pocket recorder in hand, creating what are, in effect, sonic images of instants stretched out into time.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some pitchers and catchers were still awaiting physicals when Boone spoke to reporters late Wednesday morning, but the manager wasn’t aware of any new injuries as camp began.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The visit by Ali Larijani, a former Iranian parliament speaker who now serves as the secretary to the country's Supreme National Security Council, likely focused on what comes next after the initial round of indirect talks held last week in Muscat with the Americans.—
JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia by about 11,800 votes in an election overseen by a Republican secretary of state and certified by a Republican governor.—
Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The archivists of Ḫattuša and Alexandria proceduralized knowledge; Otlet created more robust procedures to meet the demands of rapidly expanding information.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sara Pezzoni, the archivist at UT Arlington Libraries’ Special Collections department, was a major force behind the exhibition.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Feb. 2026
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Mayne, the registrar at the Raupp Museum in Buffalo Grove, and Debbie Fandrei, the museum’s director and the other historian, began a search of dozens of contemporaneous sources, including the News-Sun.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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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
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Rather than placing orders with a counter clerk, Luckin customers select and pay for drinks directly through an app.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Less-skilled workers, such as truck drivers and postal clerks, have actually lost ground in terms of income.—
Mark Robert Rank,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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