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Instead, he decided to take the test to become a judicial scrivener, a job similar to being a paralegal that has a 3 percent acceptance rate.

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During one performance, a biker raised in Mexico City pulled up to say that it reminded him of outdoor typists in the parks, when he was growing up, who were scriveners to the illiterate.

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In "Minor Feelings," Hong firmly rejects the idea of having the authority to act as a scrivener or "spokesperson" for any racial identity.

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He was a scrivener of the irritating tics in relationships that blossom into epic annoyances.

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In publishing circles, people who write for those far below the voting age are sometimes dismissed as scriveners of “kiddie lit.”

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