clerical
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Imagine Beto O’Rourke with a clerical collar and capacity to mint money.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Regulators in both the U.S. and U.K. require that anyone engaged in investment banking pass exams and be licensed to work on sensitive, multibillion-dollar transactions, with limited exceptions for clerical work.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Elsewhere, a mural traces a line of clerical leadership in Iran.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Whether the tweet was a confession or a clerical error, travel experts say the advice on how to avoid surprise price jumps is a relic of a simpler internet.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
He seemed to have forgiven Tessie for breaking off' their engagement years ago, but it was always there in the air between them, like the talcum powder that sometimes puffed out of his clerical collar.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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