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a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received
The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year.
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Recent Examples of ledger
And Piketty did this monumental research project, going through every ledger of capital flows going back 300 years to trace capital flows and capital concentration over centuries.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
The ledger also lists Doha, Qatar, as the address for a mysterious entity called AM FIG Cayman Limited, which invested around $10 million in 2020.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
18 June 2026
Embossed business cards, account ledgers, bins of bolts at the hardware store—all are pleasurable physical artifacts that have been more or less outmoded by technology.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
The barrel consistency stands out, with multiple 110+ MPH exit velocities on his ledger.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
The ledger also lists Doha, Qatar, as the address for a mysterious entity called AM FIG Cayman Limited, which invested around $10 million in 2020.
—
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
18 June 2026
Embossed business cards, account ledgers, bins of bolts at the hardware store—all are pleasurable physical artifacts that have been more or less outmoded by technology.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
The barrel consistency stands out, with multiple 110+ MPH exit velocities on his ledger.
—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ledger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledger
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Illinois breaks all-time tornado record The Windy City's home state likewise broke all previous annual tornado records by mid-June following a swath of severe storms June 17.
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The district attorney’s office has claimed in court filings that prosecutors maintain older records of juvenile delinquency proceedings that are not available to the myriad other people vetting claims in the settlement, including multiple judges and the State Bar.
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Tel Aviv — On the evening of June 8, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party posted four words on its official X account.
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Buyers 55 and older account for nearly half of all new registrations and have held the largest share for eight straight quarters, the firm said.
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Neither Carvalho nor Kerr have been charged, and authorities have made no official statements about the investigation.
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The statement was active for Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover.
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According to court documents, Zimmerman was playing golf at the hotel's course throughout the day with friends.
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The court document does not contain detailed information about the camp’s finances.
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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