CLERKS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

clerks

noun

plural of clerk

as in registrars

an official whose job is to keep records you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk

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a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store the clerk suggested a different brand

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a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

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Recent Examples of clerks Law schools often push students to work for the federal courts, in prestigious jobs as interns or clerks. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 19 June 2026 Three clerks remembered bringing summer interns on their first day to watch the judge presiding over a hearing in a criminal case. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Store clerks must calculate eligibility not by age but by birth date — often at busy moments in front of impatient customers. — Alex Weatherall, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 Republicans have said the change was not personal and supporters have noted that the offices of criminal and civil clerks of courts are combined in other parishes. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 The company is looking to hire deli, grocery and meat clerks, cashiers, managers and administrative coordinators. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 Police raided two vape shops in Norwalk this week and arrested the clerks at each one after allegedly finding that the shops were illegally selling marijuana products. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026 The Unity Party also has two candidates for governor, and unaffiliated voters can ask their county clerks for that ballot. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 June 2026 Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Last Tuesday, the California Secretary of State reported that proponents, led by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, had turned in more than enough valid signatures to county registrars, ensuring that voters will be given an opportunity to restore the original intent of Proposition 13.

— Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026

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The people who work during the day did not go home — secretaries, anybody, salesmen — just to be in Frank Sinatra's presence.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
In May, Hendy had gone all the way to Pocatello, Idaho, and back, 649 miles each way, while making a series of stops to scrutinize the route and line up crack salesmen as guides.

— Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026

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In places such as Taiwan, Daoist priests can be seen today conducting rituals at community temples and annual festivals.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Without bishops, De Piante said, the SSPX would eventually have no priests to celebrate Mass, hear confessions or administer the sacraments that members believe are central to their spiritual lives.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

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How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades.

— Claire Savage, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Democratic and some Republican secretaries of state balked, and federal lawsuits followed.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

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On June 27, 2026, at Trinity Pride Fest in Fort Worth, Texas, street preachers Richard Penkoski and David Grisham were subjected to multiple violations of their First Amendment rights while attempting to preach on public property.

— Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Son of a Preacherman, Choi's latest work, is an autobiographical look at the writer's upbringing in a family of preachers.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

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