bookkeeper
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bookkeepers
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Wong says she even did the company accounts on Sundays rather than pay for a bookkeeper because, at the time, saving the money mattered more than getting the day back.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Elizabette Guecamburu, a bookkeeper who has a rare neuromuscular disorder, spoke at Monday’s rally and implored the governor to remember the teachings of their shared alma mater Santa Clara University, a Jesuit-led private school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“It was almost like I’ve been waiting for this question to pop up,” said the bookkeeper, who correctly identified the lock as the fictional Clapco D-29.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Kathy Gilchrist, a 51-year-old bookkeeper in Pine River, Minn., goes so far as to mark the dates on her calendar when her Kohl’s Cash is valid to ensure she uses it before it expires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The Panic of 1893 was followed by a boom in corporations and their demand for what we now call white-collar office workers, such as stenographers and bookkeepers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Witnesses in the case have seesawed between bookkeepers and bankers with often dry testimony to Daniels and others with salacious and unflattering stories about Trump and the tabloid world machinations meant to keep them secret.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
Refugees work as housekeepers, maintenance workers and dishwashers, but also as bookkeepers and marketing assistants.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Every year, bookkeepers at Tri Star conducted a lengthy, court-mandated accounting of her estate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
They were the postal workers and the struggling bookkeepers and the men lying on their couches at home without any job at all.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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