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clerk

[klurk, klahrk] / klɜrk, klɑrk /


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Back at the state fair, Sheryl Bach, a 77-year-old retired administrative clerk who worked at a dam, said she did not vote in the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 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

No clerk leans across the counter and demands proof that a candle-worthy occasion has actually occurred.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Showing her aching vulnerability, it's about a bank clerk with flaming locks of auburn hair who flirted with her husband.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

A curly ginger Valley and a brunette Thorn nodded and followed Seven to the desk of a shiny blue see-through clerk.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

His work is often described as Kafkaesque, and it is true that his clerks, like the characters of Franz Kafka, are trapped in a bizarre world of senseless rules under a cold and indifferent authority.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 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

Trading slowed to a crawl as brokers and clerks scurried to grab the money as it fell.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The final instruction was to assist four female embassy clerks in traveling to London.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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