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clerical

[kler-i-kuhl] / ˈklɛr ɪ kəl /




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On a percentage basis, the June layoffs may fall most heavily on Local 500 of California School Employees Assn., whose members include clerical workers and library aides.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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

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

August won that riding by a single vote in the last election before the results were tossed by the Supreme Court earlier this year over a clerical error on a mail-in ballot.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 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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