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Adjective
She spent the summer doing clerical work for a lawyer.
a member of our clerical staff
The mistake was due to a clerical error.
Noun
some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet manual data entry and clerical work are still among the industry's most significant time sinks.
—Jonathan Treble, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Those protests grew to include demands for an end to clerical rule.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 9 June 2024
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Adjective
The election certification process—which used to be a routine clerical task—has been politicized in recent years by Trump's baseless election fraud claims.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Indeed, it’s sometimes overlooked that while the Czech lands were under Nazi occupation in 1939, the Slovak State was founded as a clerical client fascist state of Hitler’s Germany.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet manual data entry and clerical work are still among the industry's most significant time sinks.
—Jonathan Treble, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Those protests grew to include demands for an end to clerical rule.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 9 June 2024
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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