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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
The commission will probably publish a preliminary report in the spring, then send final proposals to the city clerk in the summer.
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Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The clerk at the register asked how the little dude was going to pay.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
When Francine Verdine took a job as a clerk at the Internal Revenue Service in Houston in 1983, it was supposed to be a stopgap until something better came along.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
Sibley began his career at CAA in 2019 as a mailroom clerk before serving as an assistant to Managing Director Tiffany Ward, and subsequently Head of Television Literary Praveen Pandian.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The clerk at the register asked how the little dude was going to pay.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2025
When Francine Verdine took a job as a clerk at the Internal Revenue Service in Houston in 1983, it was supposed to be a stopgap until something better came along.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
Sibley began his career at CAA in 2019 as a mailroom clerk before serving as an assistant to Managing Director Tiffany Ward, and subsequently Head of Television Literary Praveen Pandian.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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Find Out the Unique Name She Chose Off a Grave According to the German Personal Status Act, however, registrars must register the name and the gender of the child in the birth register, the Library of Congress Blogs reported.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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California law requires that ballots be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day and arrive at the registrar’s office within a week of the election.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
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When a young Bible salesman pays a visit to her father’s church, a nascent sense of desire is awakened in Winnie that leads her to the edges of her repression.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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For 10 years, Hackman studied acting and worked as a doorman, furniture mover, women's shoe salesman, Howard Johnson's counterman: everyman jobs.—
Ty Burr,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Castro went to a Jesuit high school in Havana, Belén, and was taught by Spanish priests.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
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The girl gave birth when Velez-Lopez started serving as a priest in Alexandria, Louisiana, according to the report.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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A number of other departments, which are overseen by constitutional officers such as the attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer, are exempt from the return-to-office order.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
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Unlike previous officials in the role, who usually closely work with the secretary, Corry had been cut off from Kennedy, one former HHS official said.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Two years later, the couple married in 1966 during a ceremony that was only attended by her mother, Avie Lee, the preacher and the preacher's wife.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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According to Parton's website, the only people to attend the small service were Dolly's mother, Avie Lee Parton, a preacher and his wife.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Chile's interior minister Carolina Toha said the outage was caused by a transmission line failure in the country's north, ruling out a cyber attack as a cause.—
Fabian Cambero and Alexander Villegas,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Canada's trade minister, Mary Ng, addressed the issue during an interview with Bloomberg TV, emphasizing that tariffs would also be harmful to American consumers.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to the emails, communication between church leaders and Saints officials began in July 2018 after Greg Bensel, the Saints’ head of communications, shared a local news story with Benson about a former deacon who was removed from ministry due to abuse accusations.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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Deeply religious, Boyles was a deacon at Maranatha Family Worship Center in Kansas City.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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