clerical
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His friends call the whole thing a clerical error.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Senhor José joins the ranks of Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener and Gogol’s Akaky Akakievich, frayed creatures of clerical administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Federal officials also ordered California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel about 13,000 licenses due to a clerical error that allowed them to remain valid past a work permit’s expiration date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Hundreds of former members of the military have had their pensions slashed after receiving letters telling them to repay thousands of pounds because of a clerical error.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
About 90 percent of the tablets in the earliest known Sumerian archives, from the city of Uruk, are clerical records of goods paid in, workers given rations, and agricultural products distributed.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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