Thesaurus results for AUDITORS

auditors

noun

plural of auditor

as in magistrates

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 Assembly Bill 1405 establishes a registry for AI auditors and standards for their independence. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Assembly Bill 1405, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), creates a state registry for AI auditors and establishes standards for independence, transparency and integrity. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Boards, auditors and customer questionnaires ask organizations to account for their AI exposure, and most teams answer from documentation. — Aviv Mussinger, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Our auditors were engaged to test the investment statute and the financial statements — not the building-fee law. — Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 This way auditors, regulators, and even customers can confirm a record is genuine without seeing its contents. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 Hospital managers ignored alerts from a machine learning software that tracks when staff might be stealing drugs, auditors found. — Alexandra Byrne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026 Towers told ProPublica that the audit had reached erroneous conclusions, that the auditors did not give him the opportunity to fully defend his work and that the journal’s willingness to stand by the study is proof that his research is sound. — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2026 At Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, auditors last were there in June 2025. — Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

At a hearing this week, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin asked the parties to identify two potential magistrates who could oversee mediation by next Wednesday.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Now, under the law named after her, magistrates and judges in North Carolina must be stricter when setting release conditions for people charged with violent crimes.

— Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026

Definition of magistrates

Noun

When the judges announce Jude as the winner, Bi, Anna, and Joseph don’t look surprised, and each gets a small hopeful comment at the end.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
The panel of three judges nominated by Democratic former President Joe Biden agreed with the plaintiffs that the president does not have the power to regulate states' election policy.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of judges

Noun

That may come in the form of a big special-teams play, a heads-up stop by a defender or even questionable calls by the referees.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
Yellow flags Nothing did more damage to UConn’s defense in Saturday’s opener than the little yellow flags that fluttered onto the field from the referees’ waistband.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of referees

Noun

In control of the original masters, Sonic Memoir allowed Cole to reclaim her narrative.

— Tina Eves, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
Lynx masters terrain DEEP Robotics has released new footage showing its Lynx wheel-legged robot navigating a harsh red desert terrain, highlighting the machine’s ability to operate across loose sand, steep slopes, and uneven ground.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

Alongside Gyllenhaal and Ben Hania, the jurists include English composer Daniel Blumberg, Italian professor Francesco Casetti, French writer-director Xavier Giannoli, Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Hong Kong director Johnnie To.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 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

Definition of jurists

Noun

Immigration adjudicators may discourage visa holders like Maya from seeking employment after layoffs, thereby limiting their opportunities to stay and work in America.

— Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The competition included 23 players who supplied preliminary video performances; adjudicators selected 12 finalists.

— Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026

Definition of adjudicators

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