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clerk

[klurk, klahrk] / klɜrk, klɑrk /


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No opposition for the measure was submitted to the registrar-recorder/county clerk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The news came in a letter sent by the court's clerk to lawyers involved in the case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Will we have to pay more to get the courteous, efficient checkout clerk and dodge the sullen, slow one?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It was nothing fancy; we played at a public court in Washington, and a clerk drove the group—usually me that year, in my wife’s Nissan Maxima.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Even when, without taking her eyes off him, said clerk tugs the sleeve of a different clerk, whispers something to him, and then he looks in Scoob and G’ma’s direction.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

The position involves overseeing and training attorneys, as well as law clerks and summer interns, on misdemeanor and felony case preparation and trial strategy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a recent study, my colleagues and I compared the occupations most exposed to AI—software developers, financial clerks, administrative assistants—with those least exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Also, at five of nine mail processing facilities studied, retail clerks who were postmarking ballots by hand sometimes used stamps with inaccurate dates, according to the report.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Every Thursday, he played tennis with his three clerks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names and lunched with them in dark crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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