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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk
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as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
the clerk suggested a different brand
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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants
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Recent Examples of clerk
State officials are preparing as well, including by hosting trainings to help clerks prepare for all kinds of emergencies.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The actor breaking down that concept in digestible terms is González, a rising star who plays store clerk Violeta.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The clerk’s office determined Davidson remains a qualified elector.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
The letters were filed in the district clerk’s record of the case on April 21 and May 6.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The actor breaking down that concept in digestible terms is González, a rising star who plays store clerk Violeta.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The clerk’s office determined Davidson remains a qualified elector.
—Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
The letters were filed in the district clerk’s record of the case on April 21 and May 6.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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What began as a panel of speakers Wednesday quickly turned into a room discussion, with people expressing distress and others responding with solutions or ways to get involved, such as signing up as a registrar, to register voters.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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In-person voting is already open at the county’s registrar-recorder/county clerk’s office in Norwalk, and will expand to county vote centers starting May 23.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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His father was a machinery salesman who is sometimes credited with introducing the gasoline engine to north Arkansas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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But Salinger was the son of Sol, a cheese salesman (whose wares might have been kosher) and the grandson of a rabbi on his father’s side.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Paradise Metal—the debut of Father Dionysios Tabakis, a 53-year-old priest in Nafplio, a small Greek city off the Argolic Gulf—is actually a series of epiphanies, an ostensible curiosity that functions as an object lesson about expectations.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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At one point, his condition seemed so dire that a priest was called to provide Giuliani his last rites, a Catholic sacrament often administered to the dying.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Now, with the Defense secretary on record in support of this legislation, its prospect for passage dramatically improves.—
Star Parker,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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The occupations most exposed to AI substitution, where most core tasks can be readily automated, like information clerks, secretaries, and sales representatives, were already experiencing some of the worst labor shortages at the time, according to Peng and Walker.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The girls follow his trail of tears to Divine (Erika Alexander), a charismatic preacher still in the carnal thrall of her time with their father.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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Far from being a fringe belief system, masculinism has become the single most important force uniting the American right, bringing together an unlikely constellation of pastors, posters, senators, preachers, influencers, podcasters, and fanboys.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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At the time, Raúl Castro was Cuba’s defense minister and head of the Cuban armed forces.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Angola does not plan to pursue punitive measures against mining companies such as export quotas or bans in order to bolster its domestic mining industry, a senior minerals minister said.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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McColumn is a retired Brigadier General and clergyman from Warner Robins, Georgia.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Pollio was living in Sebring and was a deacon at his church there, his father said.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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