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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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The district judge declined her jurisdictional prerogatives, saying that the case was too serious to be settled in a magistrates’ court and must be heard by a Crown Court, which deals with the most severe criminal offenses.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The law includes a variety of provisions, including stricter bail rules for many violent offenses, a new protocol for judges and magistrates ordering mental health evaluations and funding for additional prosecutors in Mecklenburg County.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of which party is calling for the impeachment of judges, the outcome is unlikely to result in a conviction by the Senate.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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RuPaul’s Drag Race features mainstay judges RuPaul Charles, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The referees stole a win from Pittsburgh with a questionable interpretation of the rules.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Contessa’s Corner Sports leagues, state gambling regulators and tribal leaders have all raised concerns that prediction market trades on sports don’t have the same level of guardrails as sportsbooks to protect against cheating by athletes, referees, coaches and other insiders.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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The two worked together on Anderson’s most recent film, The Phoenician Scheme, for which Sharp sourced original paintings by such masters as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and René Magritte for the art collection owned by Zsa-Zsa Korda (played by Benicio Del Toro).—
Stephanie Sporn,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hughes is a certified personal trainer with a masters in holistic nutrition and about 20 years of experience helping clients get strong with weights.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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The state's top jurists gather every November for an annual chili cook off.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Dec. 2025
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Amid the reporting, his chief judge banned jurists at his court from including chats during court livestreams .—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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 12 Jan. 2026.
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