accountings

Definition of accountingsnext
plural of accounting
as in explanations
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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Recent Examples of accountings These estimates are between 100 and 10,000 times lower than previous accountings of atmospheric microplastics—a discrepancy that the researchers behind the new study say underscores the need for better global measures of these pollutants. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026 The plan states that during the shutdown, several services will be halted, including benefit verifications, earning record corrections, payee accountings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, replacement Medicare cards and overpayments processing. Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • As robots became more humanlike, participants’ explanations increasingly framed those neutral colors as industrial or practical.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The results showed that users preferred a combined approach that included both pre-journey explanations and real-time narration.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ex-president Bolsonaro has been serving his sentence under house arrest for health reasons since last month, when he was rushed from prison to hospital with bronchopneumonia.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Instead of litigating to protect the right to vote, the division has focused on demanding unprecedented access to state voter rolls for reasons that remain opaque.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026

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“Accountings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountings. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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