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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
In particular, Ann (Micki Jackson) does not accept the explanation offered by police (and planted by Trent), enlisting fellow clerk Bess (Susan Priver) in some amateur sleuthing.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Records from the Cook County clerk’s recordings division show the city filed a lien on the property for unpaid water bills of $9,950 in October 2023.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Records from the Cook County clerk’s recordings division show the city filed a lien on the property for unpaid water bills of $9,950 in October 2023.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The photo album belonged to Karl Höcker, a former bank clerk who came to Auschwitz to be commandant Richard Baer’s right-hand man.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
The checkout clerks at my local Stop & Shop have all but disappeared.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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Registrar Lock And Auto-Renewal Immediately enable registrar lock and auto-renewal to prevent accidental expiration or unauthorized domain transfers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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But some Republican registrars took them as an insult, and at least one, Lisa Amatruda of Woodbury, walked out.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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Selonia and Reginald Reed Sr. Reggie Reed Jr. Selonia and Reginald, who was a Marine and later a car salesman, met during their high school years.—
Vladimir Duthiers, Paul LaRosa,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2025
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When addressing board members, leadership is essentially a salesman tasked with promoting cybersecurity initiatives.—
Dewayne Hart,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Following in the footsteps of his older brother Brian, Farrell entered the Legionaries of Christ congregation in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1978 in Rome.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Francis rose through the ranks as a Jesuit priest in his home country of Argentina.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Linda McMahon, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, said the federal government will resume involuntary collections for borrowers in default on May 5.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Standing next to Farrell for the somber announcement were Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, substitute chief of staff, and Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of liturgical ceremonies.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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But while the Gemstones themselves have embraced Kelvin and his coming out, the rest of the world — particularly rival preacher Vance Simkins (Stephen Dorff), Kelvin’s competition for the ridiculous title of Top Christ-Following Man — is more critical.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
18 Apr. 2025
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In 2003, the Cabinet minister Haren Pandya was found dead in his car in Ahmedabad.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Yvette Cooper, the minister responsible for immigration matters in the U.K., has reportedly ordered staff to publish statistics on the nationalities of foreign people convicted of crimes in the U.K., as well as details of the crimes.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Dixon, an administrator with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and a deacon at Second Baptist Church, is seeking a third term.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peter & Paul parishioners say are flatly false, including an unfounded claim that the deacon has a criminal record and was once sentenced to 30 days in jail.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerk. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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