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clerk

[klurk, klahrk] / klɜrk, klɑrk /


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His first job was as a wages clerk for a bus company.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"I am writing to inform the parties that Justice Alito has determined that he will not continue to participate in this case," the clerk said, without stating a reason.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Alito didn’t explain his recusal, which was revealed Monday in a one-sentence letter from the court’s clerk to the lawyers on both sides of the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

An ambiguous exploration of literature and voyeurism, the Nobel laureate’s 1997 novel follows a middle-aged clerk who becomes obsessed with piecing together the life of a woman he doesn’t know.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

For a general-store clerk, Uncle Holt read more than any human being I knew.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Big jeers to hotels where front-desk clerks greet you not with a warm hello, but a rote, “ID and credit card, please.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

Deputies insisted that they should drive the chief justice and his clerks in an official vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Most of the clerks could work in this automatic manner.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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