audited

verb

past tense of audit
as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) audited the equipment to make sure that everything was in working order

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Recent Examples of audited The real ask is usually governance to make the unsanctioned workflow safe, audited and scalable. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Former Mesa County clerk and recorder, trusted local Republican Sheila Reiner, has repeatedly emphasized that all of the election result records from the 2021 election remain intact and can be audited at any time. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 Internxt also uses post-quantum encryption, is fully open-source, and has been independently audited. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 Even so, Fine Apparels, which made clothing for American Eagle, Columbia and Under Armour at the time and was audited by WRAP as of 2025, is not subject to a WRO. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 The Georgia House version adjusted what races could be audited, removing some federal races. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 23 June 2026 But on dozens of ballots audited and photographed in The Club’s office by Lozier and others and shown to the Herald, the name is printed the same way – the club at BRiCKELL, and is missing the word Bay. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026 But deploying a thousand agents that can’t be coordinated, governed, or audited is the same thinking that gave enterprises a thousand disconnected point solutions a decade ago, and produced the same result. — Ganesh Padmanabhan, Fortune, 19 June 2026 Millions of hours of officer body-camera footage — audited via relatively tiny samples until now — could be meaningfully analyzed, providing entirely new levels of insight into how officers are abiding by constitutional obligations in their everyday work. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audited
  1. examined
  2. reviewed
  3. scanned
  4. inspected
  5. surveyed
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  • Few elections in American history have been examined as extensively as Georgia’s in 2020.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
  • Separately, Giuliani and Goodwin examined the officiating history of Brazilian referee Raphael Claus, whose decision to issue the red card ignited the controversy.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
Definition of examined
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  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • But the lack of wide public and professional input the arch design received before it was reviewed by commissioners is unprecedented for memorials in Washington, historians critical of the process said.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 July 2026
Definition of reviewed
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  • After 90 days the squid were removed from the tanks and euthanized, and their brains were scanned using magnetic resonance imaging.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026
  • Armed with a basket and a stick, her keen eyes scanned the damp, leafy undergrowth.
    — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • The restaurant received a score of 68 and has since been re-inspected and cleared to open.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • In its statement, Delta said the plane landed without incident and is being inspected.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of inspected
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  • Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 220,000 new applications.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Because of that lack of awareness or understanding of the issue, most of the suppliers surveyed said there was no or limited monitoring of fiber and microfiber release in their processes.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Definition of surveyed

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