auditing

present participle of audit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of auditing The reversal pillar includes auditing YMCA tax filings and possibly considering a legal case. Chase Jordan august 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026 Struck demonstrated the tool auditing quarter-end materials to catch discrepancies between board decks and actuals. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Or the convention center in Christchurch that became carbon zero because one young staffer started auditing the trash bins. Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Likely influenced by her father, who was a prominent mathematician at the time, Noether began auditing mathematics classes at the University of Erlangen. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 June 2026 The other mandates a more stringent process for auditing state programs funded by new taxes. Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Given the difficulty of auditing the citizenship of every Claude user with access to Fable 5 or Mythos 5, Anthropic immediately cut off access to both models pending a resolution of the government’s directive. Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026 Kates recommends starting by auditing what consumers are currently paying for. Bri Buckley, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditing
Verb
  • Worse, because the attacker now has data on email threads or company projects in progress, the phishing attack is even harder for a busy staffer (or executive) to flag as suspicious while scanning their inbox.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There are scanning systems, raster scanning systems, and there are spinning mirrors, and there are micro—there are MEMS devices.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When reviewing salary ranges, look beyond whether the pay meets your expectations.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After reviewing its records in light of OpenAI’s announcement, the company found that its own frontier models had broken into three outside companies months earlier after a contractor accidentally connected a testing environment to the internet.
    Andrew Freedman, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Reuters reported the same day that lawyers are examining who could bear responsibility when autonomous AI systems access computer systems without authorization.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The film captures the friction between tennis snobs and the more democratic pickleballers while examining father-son relationships and intergenerational friendships.
    Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rolling out of the pocket and surveying the field for receivers, Marr got tangled up by her own ankles.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For example, in Argentina’s lithium-rich Jujuy Province, a research exchange between the two countries’ geological agencies grew into an explicit state partnership focused on surveying the province’s salt flats.
    Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ukrainian analysts first identified this capability after inspecting a downed Gerbera and observing mounting brackets for FPV drones.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The video shows Ariza-Martinez inspecting the vehicle before pouring gasoline over it.
    Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • This marks mainland Europe's first total eclipse since 1999, with the path of totality sweeping from Russia, across the Arctic, Greenland, and Iceland, before culminating in Spain, a prime viewing destination.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Continuing on the trial theme, the offense repped 12- and 11-personnel during the media viewing period.
    Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Auditing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditing. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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