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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 One employee had been working and living in Idaho since late 2020 without disclosing that information to the agency, according to IP address records examined by the state auditor. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 In 2016, the council tasked the auditor’s office with enforcing the minimum wage, too, and this measure would elevate that responsibility to the charter. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 External auditors, domain experts and public authorities need access to appropriate evidence, incident reports and testing results. — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who succeeded Powell in May, said the central bank would bring in an independent auditor and strengthen oversight of the project. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for auditor

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Italian magistrates accused Egyptian authorities of withholding key information requested through international legal channels, an allegation Cairo rejected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Different views on the topic Bianco’s legal team argued that the sheriff had a duty to investigate a complaint alleging discrepancies in the election and had acted lawfully after obtaining search warrants from a neutral magistrate.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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Zhang plays optimistic puzzle master Florence, and Sula is Conrad’s estranged daughter and criminal psychologist Astrid.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Ted was accepted into a master’s program in data science at Columbia, but her own acceptance was at UC Berkeley.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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Five players and the referee tried to catch it, Steph recalled, while its owner sobbed on the sidelines.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona’s Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota’s Eric Wilson.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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But in 2025, Congress eliminated that tax — and in early August, a federal judge in Texas ruled that without it, those other measures for extra vetting were unconstitutional, the Idaho Statesman reported at the time.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2026
The same isn’t true if the NCAA wins, since athletes elsewhere can still try their luck with judges near them.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of judge

Noun

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions Friday, after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former judge at the ICC and other international courts.

— MATTHEW LEE, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Navi Pillay, a South African jurist who was the UN’s longest-serving human rights chief, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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