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auditor

noun

Definition of auditor

as in magistrate

a person appointed by a court to prepare an account of financial matters in a civil case

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Recent Examples of auditor The two senior military officials are Lieutenant General Mutombo Katalayi Tiende, head of the military court, and Lieutenant General Bakumi Likulia, auditor general of the armed forces. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 And the first finding in the Auditor General’s Medicaid audit is that department management significantly delayed the auditors’ access to records. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 The initial revelations led to audits by the state comptroller, that were requested by Lamont, and the bipartisan auditors of public accounts. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026 More and more, AI auditors are being asked to serve as independent checks on the companies that are building the most powerful models, even though no standard exists for what a rigorous audit entails. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for auditor

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Before fatally stabbing Zarutska, according to court records, Brown had been on a pretrial release over a misdemeanor offense that was ordered by a magistrate after Cooper left office.

— Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Urán, an auxiliary magistrate of Colombia’s Council of State, was among the dead.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

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The university’s clinical mental health counseling master’s program has expanded to Charlotte, and Charlotte’s first graduate physician assistant program will welcome its inaugural class in January, officials said.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
Billiter holds a master’s degree in public safety leadership and executive management from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree in emergency services management from Union Institute and University.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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The deranged belief that NFL referees assist the Chiefs would have fueled outrage on social media had the Chiefs won in that manner.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
The referees called a play dead over an inadvertent whistle that set up another third-down play.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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The three outlets sued the same day and on Thursday morning won a 14-day reprieve from a federal judge to access the White House grounds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Last week, a judge approved Holmes’ transfer too the Austin Transitional Center, a halfway house in Del Valle, Texas, on August 23, 2027.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

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