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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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
For example, larger shares of dry cleaners and construction workers said they use AI on the job when compared to administrative assistants and data-entry clerks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
By his reckoning, the U.S. has about 10,000 county clerks or municipal entities that carry out America’s decentralized elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Her coeditors on the law review, her fellow clerks at the court, and her colleagues at the law firm all seemed to have a universe of information that had passed her by.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
