Thesaurus results for ACCOUNTING

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noun

ə-ˈkau̇n-tiŋ

as in explanation

a statement given to explain a belief or act what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?

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verb

present participle of account

as in considering

to think of in a particular way account themselves lucky to be alive

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Savage has worked at Ultra Clean for 17 years in leadership roles including VP of finance, SVP and chief accounting officer, and was appointed CFO in 2016. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026 Wednesday’s lower number suggested either a dramatic slowdown in expenditures or a narrower accounting method than critics expected. —

Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2026

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Contemporary research complicates these findings, necessarily accounting for differences in dosage, metabolism, and preparation, and unsettling scientific conclusions divorced from how sassafras was utilized in real, traditional contexts. —

Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2026 The country’s population exceeded 9 million last year, with foreign nationals accounting for around 27%, according to government data. —

Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for accounting

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Slavery is an appropriate explanation for the Civil War; God’s will is not.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Armed men abducted former Malian minister Mountaga Tall from his home without explanation or arrest warrant, his family said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026