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verb

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Recent Examples of audit
Noun
In addition to the Office of the President, the audit reviewed four UC campuses: Berkeley, Riverside, San Diego and Santa Barbara. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Do a Pantry Audit Pantries are used often during the holiday season, so spring is the perfect time to conduct an audit of it. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
In many such cases, universities have not been alerted by the administration but rather have uncovered students' altered statuses by auditing the online Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) database, which tracks students and scholars on F, M and J visas. Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025 It was announced last week that the major law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison agreed to provide $40 million in pro bono work on causes backed by the administration and to hire an outside expert to audit its hiring and employment practices. Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for audit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audit
Noun
  • Since then, Kluge has failed a subsequent inspection and faces two additional citations for his dogs escaping and inciting fear in neighbors.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025
  • However, those areas were closed again on April 7 after failing another inspection.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But internal correspondence reviewed by The News indicates that an MTA engineer raised concerns in early March — even before the water was turned off at the facility — that sewage was leaking into the soil around the depot.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, the true subject of the film’s examination turns out to be Nina herself, a doctor whose steady, unfailingly professional surface barely conceals self-lacerating anguish.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That account, however, could open him up for the first time to cross examination on the witness stand.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In South Africa, an overwhelming majority of executives surveyed want their country to phase out coal from electricity generation in the next decade.
    María Mendiluce, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The firms surveyed 1,480 workers who were unemployed at some point from 2019 to 2024 and the results were provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Need a break?
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hegseth faces scrutiny after reports of second Signal chat with sensitive information Hegseth shared Yemen attack plans with wife, brother and lawyer: Reports 'Bombs started falling': Why is the 'SignalGate' controversy exploding?
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The business Leicester did in that window would be a major cause of scrutiny during the season and could be held up as a major factor in their struggles after the managerial change.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • One significant section of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study will examine the best long-term solutions to the saltwater intrusion phenomenon.
    Kati Weis, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • With information about each respondent, researchers can examine in more detail the sources and causes of these changes.
    William Dunkelberg, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Off the coast of Sicily, Italy, a scuba diver scanned the seafloor for anything that looked man-made or generally just interesting.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Upon arrival, travelers simply scan a QR code and start their vacation faster.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Image While inspecting a villa in Rome, an electrician opened a trap door, and then another.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • According to the report compiled by the Star-Telegram, 387 restaurants were inspected between March 30 and April 12.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025

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