bookkeeper
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She hopes the credential will position her for a job as an accounting specialist or bookkeeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Richard Kahn, Epstein's accountant and bookkeeper since 2005, had told the mansion's staff to pack two suitcases with the contents of the safe and deliver them to his home, agents wrote.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Gustav works as a bookkeeper for Julia’s father and is never entirely happy with his station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Tony Gene Broxton, a former fire department bookkeeper from the Florida Panhandle, was indicted in 2013 on federal charges of theft of public money and making false statements.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
“And I’ll get a fine bookkeeper with it, won’t I? Yes, sir, I bought it—lock, stock, and bookkeeper.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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
Krush was born in Odessa, Ukraine, on Dec. 24, 1983, the daughter of bookkeepers who dreamed of life in the United States.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2020
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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