clerk
noun
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
clerks
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pluralof clerk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In these meetings, the nine justices gather to discuss possible cases with no assistants, clerks, or other attendees present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The position involves overseeing and training attorneys, as well as law clerks and summer interns, on misdemeanor and felony case preparation and trial strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
Low-level clerks are familiar figures in literature, perhaps because many of the authors of such works, including Saramago, had once been of the same profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Alpharetta employers say that the $250,000 starting point for a detached, single-family house freezes out their secretaries and technicians, janitors and truck drivers, cashiers and data clerks.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
