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
Around that time, Brunel was fretting over a deposition of Maritza Vasquez, MC2’s former financial controller and bookkeeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
His mother worked part time as a bookkeeper while his father was a tax attorney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Betsie starting work as Father’s bookkeeper in the shop.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
Refugees work as housekeepers, maintenance workers and dishwashers, but also as bookkeepers and marketing assistants.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Rather, the guidelines ask scientific bookkeepers in each country to quantify levels of a particular activity.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
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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