as in responsibility
willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem
There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.
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Recent Examples of accountability
Behind closed doors, network execs cursed the growing power, and seeming lack of accountability, of streamers, while many of those at Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and their kin still saw their linear counterparts as dinosaurs nearing extinction.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
But naming the problem, demanding accountability, and mobilizing a response is how real change begins.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025
But the current college sports climate all but demands that there needs to be more accountability of the people making these deals.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Israel’s own citizens protest their government daily, demanding change and accountability.
—Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
But naming the problem, demanding accountability, and mobilizing a response is how real change begins.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025
But the current college sports climate all but demands that there needs to be more accountability of the people making these deals.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Israel’s own citizens protest their government daily, demanding change and accountability.
—Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountability
responsibility
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Milne joined the network in 2019 as managing editor of CBS This Morning, and took on additional responsibilities, like breaking news, the following year.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Accountability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountability. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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