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 In October, Ernst & Young resigned as the company’s auditor after raising concerns about internal control over financial reporting and other matters. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 May 2025 The California Society of CPAs, which represents auditors, opposes both AB 84 and SB 414. Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 5 May 2025 Regular reports from the country’s auditor general, Nancy Gathungu, detail gross examples of corruption or mismanagement. Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 4 May 2025 The initial revelations led to audits by the state Comptroller Sean Scanlon, which was requested by Lamont, and the bipartisan auditors of public accounts. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auditor
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Noun
  • There are 18 federal magistrate judges, who oversee bond hearings, arraignments and pre-trial criminal and civil matters, among other duties.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
  • As mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia once sat as a parking magistrate for a day.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Get The Recipe 02 of 10 Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake Some of Grandma’s recipes take a practiced hand in the kitchen to master, but old-school dump cake recipes are literally foolproof.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 May 2025
  • Every art lover must visit The Louvre at least once in their lifetime not just to see Leonardo’s incredible Mona Lisa and the famous Venus de Milo but for the quieter galleries too in the Richelieu wing with works by masters like Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • So does the Senate parliamentarian, a sort of referee over what Congress can and can't do according to its own rules.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
  • No shame in falling to Celtics, but no more settling either Orlando’s Vietnamese community began 50 years ago, after Saigon fell Former Windermere High basketball coach charged with battery in attack of referee Central Florida homeowners beat their developer’s ‘club fees’ in court.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Quick look at Wednesday's news: The Menendez brothers are eligible for parole, a judge ruled.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Wendell Griffen, 72, who retired as a judge in 2022, announced his intentions for the office that has been held by Barry Hyde since 2014.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
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  • The decision by the judge, Fernando Rodriguez Jr., was the most expansive ruling yet by any of the numerous jurists who are currently hearing challenges to the White House’s efforts to employ the powerful but rarely invoked law as part of its wide-ranging deportation plans.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Her subsequent arrest on obstruction charges makes the jurist a martyr for progressive sanctuary policies that the Trump administration seeks to punish and defeat.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 May 2025

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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditor. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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