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Examples of clerical in a Sentence
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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Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The first round, however, saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979, highlighting the discontent among a population losing faith in the country’s ruling clerical establishment.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 July 2024
Ebrahim Raisi and Iran's prison massacres Now, amid a new wave of headscarf arrests, candidates hand-picked by the clerical establishment are running the other way.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The country’s clerical elite will memorialize the late president as the kind of loyal Iranian public servant that all future presidents should aspire to be.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2024
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Adjective
In April, Spilsbury filed an election challenge against her opponent, Whetstone, demanding the courts to weigh in on a clerical error and questioned her home address as a qualification for her candidacy.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The first round, however, saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979, highlighting the discontent among a population losing faith in the country’s ruling clerical establishment.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 July 2024
Ebrahim Raisi and Iran's prison massacres Now, amid a new wave of headscarf arrests, candidates hand-picked by the clerical establishment are running the other way.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The country’s clerical elite will memorialize the late president as the kind of loyal Iranian public servant that all future presidents should aspire to be.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2024
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“Clerical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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