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clerk

[klurk, klahrk] / klɜrk, klɑrk /


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Dean Logan, the Los Angeles county clerk and recorder, told The Guardian his office refused to review the list, in part because they didn’t consider the USB drive to be secure.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

Indian-American comic Hari Kondabolu made a documentary in 2017, titled the Problem With Apu, saying the character - a South Asian convenience store clerk - was founded on racial stereotypes.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

The clerk glances at us constantly as she rings us up.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

For example, larger shares of dry cleaners and construction workers said they use AI on the job when compared to administrative assistants and data-entry clerks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Everybody came out—hay farmers, clerks, merchants, fishermen, crabbers, carpenters, loggers, net weavers, truck farmers, junk dealers, real estate brigands, hack poets, ministers, lawyers, sailors, squatters, millwrights, cedar rats, teamsters, plumbers, mushroom foragers, and holly pruners.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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