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a person appointed by a court to prepare an account of financial matters in a civil case
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Recent Examples of auditors
During the period of Ansary’s control of ENNIA, internal and external auditors voiced solvency concerns that were ignored by directors, according to the complaint.
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Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Mount Ida Mayor Vann Morgan was arrested Tuesday after, auditors said, he was overpaid by more than $94,000 over a 17-month period.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
The strategy has raised concerns with a federal watchdog agency that has tracked the VA’s IT acquisition, implementation and support strategy for decades, with auditors concerned that the department must first address its shortcomings to successfully modernize.
—Patricia Kime, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But she was fired some five months later, after raising questions in a meeting with auditors about the veracity of the toll-collection data.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Those costs were signed off by the club’s auditors, but also helped Laporta and his lieutenants present a cleaner slate from 2021-22 onwards.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The company that owns the Arlington club where recent human-trafficking arrests were made was previously indicted in an $8 million tax fraud case in which executives were accused of bribing auditors with trips and cash to spend at strip clubs, according to court records.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Newsweek contacted Portland city auditors, the city administrator and the PP&R interim director by email for comment on Tuesday.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Mount Ida Mayor Vann Morgan was arrested Tuesday after, auditors said, he was overpaid by more than $94,000 over a 17-month period.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
The strategy has raised concerns with a federal watchdog agency that has tracked the VA’s IT acquisition, implementation and support strategy for decades, with auditors concerned that the department must first address its shortcomings to successfully modernize.
—Patricia Kime, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But she was fired some five months later, after raising questions in a meeting with auditors about the veracity of the toll-collection data.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Those costs were signed off by the club’s auditors, but also helped Laporta and his lieutenants present a cleaner slate from 2021-22 onwards.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The company that owns the Arlington club where recent human-trafficking arrests were made was previously indicted in an $8 million tax fraud case in which executives were accused of bribing auditors with trips and cash to spend at strip clubs, according to court records.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Newsweek contacted Portland city auditors, the city administrator and the PP&R interim director by email for comment on Tuesday.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditors
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Johnston’s proposal originally abolished the city’s parking magistrates, eliminating any non-court options for residents who want to appeal their ticket.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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North Carolina’s Speaker of the House, Republican Destin Hall, sponsored the Pretrial Integrity Act that in 2023 limited magistrates’ ability to set conditions of release.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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Since its 2005 premiere, longtime judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman — who died of bone cancer in 2023 and was replaced with former DWTS pro Derek Hough — critique the dance numbers.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Leavitt and Ballas have received immunity from the relay round, plus two bonus points, for having the top scores in the individual dance round last week and for their cumulative judges' totals all season.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Gordon said referees never gave him an explanation.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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This time, however, Barrymore revived the segment with a few additions, most notably a golden ping-pong trophy, sweatbands, and referees Ross Mathews and Sunny Anderson asking all the spicy questions.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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Rosewood Amsterdam, for example, is an art gallery in its own right, with an expansive collection of more than 1,000 artworks that spotlight both new-generation talent and Dutch masters.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Air Mail’s fate shows that even the masters of the old form faced major headwinds when trying to navigate the new media landscape.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Bonhoeffers constituted a long line of pastors, doctors, scientists, and jurists.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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The integrity of our system of justice and the judicial system is based on the trust that people place in the jurists that populate that branch, the third branch of government.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Massachusetts had passed a state law exempting its citizens from serving in such an undeclared war, and the state then sought to bring the question of the conflict’s constitutionality before the justices.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The justices’ intervention on Friday highlights the Court’s growing role in mediating the boundaries of executive authority over entitlement spending, as Washington continues to wrestle with how best to balance fiscal discipline and social welfare amid rising costs.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Justice Department’s defense primarily rests on the notion that agency adjudicators like the Merit Systems Protection Board — not federal courts — must decide the disputes.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
15 Oct. 2025
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In recent months, EOIR leadership has criticized judges for not efficiently managing their caseloads, and has encouraged adjudicators to streamline asylum reviews and give oral, as opposed to written, decisions on case dismissals.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Auditors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditors. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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