How to Use comptroller in a Sentence

comptroller

noun
  • The court challenge was filed against him in his role as comptroller.
    Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Olsen said the comptroller makes the decision on when to send out the funds.
    Joseph Ruzich, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
  • The only statewide seat on the ballot is for state comptroller.
    Christina Fan, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Check out his payroll chart from the comptroller’s office.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But fixing the dollars for the program is a task the comptroller can’t solve.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Drucker said in a statement that the clerk and comptroller’s job fits with her background.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Many of those factors have begun to reverse, the comptroller said.
    Alison Kosik, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The acting comptroller plays keyboards and takes the lead vocal.
    Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The comptroller's office is required by law to determine the gas tax rates each year.
    Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • The comptroller’s office will collect them when the program ends.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Hancock serves as the state’s acting comptroller.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The easiest way is to have a good comptroller and record-keeping practices.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • DiNapoli has been comptroller for nearly two decades.
    Mark Lewyn, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
  • Franchot, the comptroller, set up a system to ease the cash-flow crunch for stations that lowered prices.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • If the high court rules in the favor of the comptroller general who filed the suit, the port sale would be annulled.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Under the deal, misterb&b will pay the tax to the comptroller’s office on behalf of customers.
    Marco Santana, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
  • This is the second year in a row the comptroller’s office has pushed for this legislation.
    P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The guardian and her attorney did not respond to a request for comment on the comptroller’s probe.
    Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This spring, a few months into my term as Connecticut state comptroller, my team sat me down to talk about these costs.
    Sean Scanlon, STAT, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Judy Baar Topinka won the race for state comptroller.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The last time the state’s comptroller studied the issue was in 2006.
    New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • The comptroller is the state’s top fiscal officer.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The comptroller serves four-year terms and, unlike the governor, is not limited to two terms.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • As state comptroller, Scanlon runs the state employee health plan.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
  • One name that comes up is Michael Hsu, the acting comptroller of the currency.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But the fund is actively managed by the comptroller’s office.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • And perhaps the panel knew something about the current comptroller.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The state comptroller, which oversees the program, is still approving schools on a rolling basis.
    Leila Darwiche, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The comptroller's office did not respond to requests for comment.
    Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • What are Texans looking for and wanting most in their Texas comptroller?
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026

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