Thesaurus results for LEDGER

ledger

noun

Definition of ledger

as in record

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 If Wall Street already runs on ledgers, what can tokenization do for it? — Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The military ledger is where the binding may be the tightest. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Thanks to the rise of this offshore world in recent decades, tens of trillions of dollars have simply disappeared from ledgers around the globe, slipping into a world that is largely untouchable and untraceable. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 And Caglianone added to his ledger with an RBI double in the third inning and another double off the left-field wall in his third at-bat. — Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ledger

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Lucas fired four gunshots into Piper's back, and Rice and Byrd ran inside to call for help, court records say.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Scientists found that moving fluoride ions helps a solid electrolyte move lithium faster, reaching record conductivity.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of record

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But court filings, video evidence and investigators later contradicted key parts of that account, according to CBS News.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
The Administration’s legal filings had already pivoted from quoting historical accounts of White House modernization to arguing that the President’s life was at stake.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

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In a statement to PEOPLE, a Fort Collins Police spokesperson confirmed that six individuals were transported by ambulance to area hospitals, including the driver, who was described only as an adult male.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Davis’ defense attorney, Michael Sanft, challenged jurors to identify evidence outside Davis’ own statements that placed him in Las Vegas or inside the Cadillac on the night Shakur was shot.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

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The Virginia case has reached discovery, allowing the challengers to seek documents and information about how the program was developed.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Johnson had also issued an arrest warrant against him in March, ruling him in contempt of court at that time over failing to turn over the financial documents, including state and federal tax returns along with bank statements and other filings.

— Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026

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