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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
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.
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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
Earlier this year, the Miami City Commission invited state DOGE auditors to scrutinize the city’s finances.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 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
In March 2022, auditors at Century Casino in Cripple Creek found an $1,800 overpayment on an electronic roulette game and traced it to Min through video surveillance.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Government auditors decide whether institutions meet their standards.
—George R. Boggs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Advertisement By the turn of the 20th century, African American men held prominent federal government roles as diplomats, auditors, and customs officials.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The department's tax auditors will look for violations during their normal enforcement work, such as on-site inspections or checking books.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Earlier this year, the Miami City Commission invited state DOGE auditors to scrutinize the city’s finances.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 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
In March 2022, auditors at Century Casino in Cripple Creek found an $1,800 overpayment on an electronic roulette game and traced it to Min through video surveillance.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Government auditors decide whether institutions meet their standards.
—George R. Boggs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Advertisement By the turn of the 20th century, African American men held prominent federal government roles as diplomats, auditors, and customs officials.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The department's tax auditors will look for violations during their normal enforcement work, such as on-site inspections or checking books.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 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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The judges in a federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday were skeptical of arguments by a lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried that his conviction for a multi-billion-dollar fraud related to his cryptocurrency exchange FTX and an associated hedge fund should be tossed out.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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The federal judges overseeing those lawsuits sided with the plaintiffs.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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But after conferencing, referees Garrett Rank and Gord Dwyer ruled that former Wild Justin Brazeau interfered with Gustavsson.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Broncos, the NFL and the NFL referees association for comment on Surtain’s theory.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 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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In Pennsylvania, Martin was helping the state party’s effort to retain three state Supreme Court justices in an up-or-down vote.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The liberal justices disagree on how to handle the rightward shift of the court and any threat to democratic institutions—whether to try to make a difference internally, or whether to go public.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
31 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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Edlow told The Associated Press that the guidance was intended to identify support for terrorist ideologies—not to penalize ordinary political criticism—when adjudicators evaluated applicants for green cards and other benefits.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Auditors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditors. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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