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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 Business leaders, model risk teams, auditors and regulators all need different levels of explanation, from a plain-language summary to a detailed technical trace. — Sandeep Shivam, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Williford eventually returned to the Jackson County government working as an aide for now chair Donna Peyton, before moving to a job as an aide for Venessa Huskey and then ultimately landing in the county auditor’s office. — Ben Wheeler august 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026 The state auditor first flagged the unusually high amount of agencies in the building in 2022 and it was recently dragged into the national spotlight again earlier this year. — Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 The state auditor is scheduled to begin its next audit of the UC’s progress on Native American repatriation in October this year. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for auditor

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During the orchard scene in the fifth act, a little the worse—or, this being Shakespeare, the better—for drink, Silence, a minor country magistrate, grows untrue to his name and begins to sing.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
On Tuesday, a federal magistrate ordered Bowman detained pending trial.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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The scent, built around the traditionally feminine note of vanilla, was created by DSM-Firmenich master perfumers Nathalie Lorson and Alberto Morillas.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
Williamson earned bachelor’s degrees in English and political science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, before completing a master’s degree in criminal justice while living in Germany.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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Once the contest was underway, Perrin began livestreaming on Instagram while simultaneously refereeing the matches, making her the organizer, referee and camera operator all at once.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
After terrorizing that one kid, the bird reportedly went after a few other teenage footballers to the point that the referee had to put the match on hold.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of referee

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The judge believes the defendant tried to obstruct justice and tamper with witnesses ahead of a trial scheduled for next year.

— Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Amid tight security, Najib stood inside a cage wearing a prisoner’s uniform as the judge read the sentence.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of judge

Noun

Former Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans has been appointed to serve as a justice for an Illinois appeals court, securing a prestigious judgeship nearly a year after he was unseated as the top Cook County jurist.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

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