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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 ledgers
For accountants and financial firms used to paper ledgers, spreadsheets were both thrilling and terrifying.
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Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Printers began to heavily advertise products like ledgers and account books specifically ahead of the new year.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
But headline figures still miss much of what never shows up in ledgers.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Uncommon Knowledge The treaty, crucially, has two ledgers.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The exhibit covers the history of blacksmithing in Saratoga, including a list of blacksmiths who worked in the town and ledgers, or day books, with their service charges.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
At that time, the ledgers bearing the names of French royalty were not even safely within a vault.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Chen kept ledgers of bribes, according to the indictment, and in 2019 a $3 million yacht was bought for a senior official in an unnamed foreign government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Printers began to heavily advertise products like ledgers and account books specifically ahead of the new year.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
But headline figures still miss much of what never shows up in ledgers.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Uncommon Knowledge The treaty, crucially, has two ledgers.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
The exhibit covers the history of blacksmithing in Saratoga, including a list of blacksmiths who worked in the town and ledgers, or day books, with their service charges.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
At that time, the ledgers bearing the names of French royalty were not even safely within a vault.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
The palazzo’s library contains vast archives with ledgers, documents and correspondence to and from merchants, agents and buyers across the world.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Chen kept ledgers of bribes, according to the indictment, and in 2019 a $3 million yacht was bought for a senior official in an unnamed foreign government.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledgers
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Gold and silver prices fell sharply on Friday, snapping a powerful rally that has seen the metals shatter multiple records this year.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Who’s calling for those records from Wolfman Jack?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Video footage and eyewitness accounts have raised serious questions about the justification for lethal force.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cumming said the city's information technology department also abruptly cut off part of her office administrator's access, including the ability to see who else in city government may be looking at whistleblower complaints and documents related to ethics investigations.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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State Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson echoed those statements, calling for peaceful, lawful protests.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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Defence stocks are seeing a high level of volatility in reaction to Trump’s various statements.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Seymour said the fundraiser’s original goal has already been consumed by travel costs alone and warned that future expenses — including therapy — remain unknown.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The most substantial category where OU reported more expenses than Texas was overhead and administrative expenses, which cost the Sooners about $45 million more than the Longhorns.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Ledgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledgers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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