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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
For most of this game, Nix, head coach Sean Payton and Denver’s offensive operation had almost exclusively bad on their side of the ledger.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Maybe the final piece snapped into place Friday night, as the club secured its fifth World Series in nine years with a 5-1 victory over Milwaukee to sweep the National League Championship Series and reverse that 0-6 regular-season ledger against the Brewers.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Stablecoins trade on digital ledgers known as blockchains, just like popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors accused Zhi of directly managing the compounds by maintaining records, including ledgers tracking profits and which schemes were operating from each room.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Maybe the final piece snapped into place Friday night, as the club secured its fifth World Series in nine years with a 5-1 victory over Milwaukee to sweep the National League Championship Series and reverse that 0-6 regular-season ledger against the Brewers.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Stablecoins trade on digital ledgers known as blockchains, just like popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors accused Zhi of directly managing the compounds by maintaining records, including ledgers tracking profits and which schemes were operating from each room.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledger
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This year has also been the deadliest on record for people in immigration detention since the early 2000s, with at least 20 people dying so far.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Chasing a record 299, South Africa made a sedate start under immense pressure from medium pacer Renuka Singh.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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While its initial focus was cross-border payments, Zhang said the company’s revenue is now spread over an array of products, with business accounts similar to Mercury comprising 34% of its revenue, spend management 20%, and payments 30%.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as was proven later, in conflicting accounts like the ones here, the Band didn’t quite go quietly into that night.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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On the day of her murder, her daughter and grandchildren arrived at her residence and grew concerned at the circumstances, per the prosecutor's office statement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The virtual exercise platform Peloton made a similar statement earlier this month, announcing a partnership with menopause care platform Respin to launch a study on how exercise impacts women’s menopausal symptoms in midlife.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
28 Oct. 2025
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His truck was found abandoned, and his body was later discovered with two gunshot wounds in the Ocala National Forest, according to court documents and reporting featured in the film.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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