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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 killer also admitted to killing Christopher Boggs, a convenience store clerk in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
About 35 minutes down the road, Mahdi stopped at a gas station in Columbia, S.C., where a store clerk became suspicious of him.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
One morning, the police arrive to arrest a man named Josef K. Josef K is an ordinary bank clerk with little to distinguish himself.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In its second phase, the website will host career pathways for 30 job titles, including wholesale sales representatives, security guards, shipping and inventory clerks and even human resources specialists.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
About 35 minutes down the road, Mahdi stopped at a gas station in Columbia, S.C., where a store clerk became suspicious of him.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
One morning, the police arrive to arrest a man named Josef K. Josef K is an ordinary bank clerk with little to distinguish himself.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In its second phase, the website will host career pathways for 30 job titles, including wholesale sales representatives, security guards, shipping and inventory clerks and even human resources specialists.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
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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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The registrar’s office also expects higher costs to train more vote center staff to help people who register and vote on the same day.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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As a gullible buyer starts to get nervous, the manager accidentally reveals that the salesman has been lying, torpedoing thousands of dollars in commission.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.—
Dennis McLellan,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Again, Two Spears deduces the facts — that the priest must have killed the girl’s father before the girl killed the priest in self-defense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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After taking a couple episodes to establish its premise, there’s a procedural rhythm to Hub’s hunting expeditions, tracking targets from a possessed priest to a Satanic cheerleader.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 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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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Castillo is ecstatic to be marrying the preacher and was taken aback by the proposal.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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The preacher and producer has been dating his soon-to-be wife for a year.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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Ong, 79, is scheduled to plead guilty next week to charges related to the offences of former transport minister S. Iswaran, who was convicted in October of breaking the law for receiving gifts from the businessman.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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She was born near Pittsburgh, the daughter of a minister.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
12 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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