How to Use comptroller in a Sentence

comptroller

noun

• But fixing the dollars for the program is a task the comptroller can’t solve.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
• Franchot, who has served as comptroller since 2007 and has the most name recognition statewide, remained at the top of the heap.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• Many of those factors have begun to reverse, the comptroller said.
  — Alison Kosik, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
• Gross receipts tax, which makes up most of the city’s business tax, brings in about $800 million a year, the city’s comptroller said in July.
  — Malathi Nayak, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
• But a new report out from the city’s comptroller showed that the money wasn’t distributed equally across the boroughs — and the Bronx fared worst.
  — Curbed, 9 Dec. 2022
• The race for comptroller was the closest among the statewide races, but still featured a large lead for the Democratic candidate.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• The office of the comptroller released the financial report last week.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
• State comptroller Alan Hevesi quit a month after his 2006 reelection and went to prison.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2022
• The comptroller serves four-year terms and, unlike the governor, is not limited to two terms.
  — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
• If the comptroller gives the green light, the Northwest school district must hold a public meeting within 30 days about the whether to approve the agreement.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
• This spring, a few months into my term as Connecticut state comptroller, my team sat me down to talk about these costs.
  — Sean Scanlon, STAT, 10 Oct. 2023
• Last year the city’s comptroller made the same argument, pointing out that by 2050, one-third of the city’s basements and cellars will face flooding risk.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
• Peter Franchot has spent four terms in the comptroller’s office and five terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2023
• Joseph Otting, a former comptroller of the currency, will become the bank’s CEO.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• The state comptroller pointed out last year that the MTA has been borrowing tens of billions and spending billions more to service its debt.
  — Curbed, 31 May 2023
• Indeed, Bonardi found her niche in the comptroller’s office.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Hobbs had been serving as acting comptroller since March.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2022
• It was then approved by the state Board of Public Works, comprised of the governor, state comptroller and state treasurer.
  — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
• Lisa is scheduled to speak at MoMA about her documentary the same night Herbert has a city comptroller event.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 20 July 2023
• Why is Frost running now instead of 10 years from now, perhaps after serving in the state senate or as city comptroller?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
• For his part, Glassman would be the first Republican comptroller since 1900.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2022
• The contract submission was given to the comptroller’s office from the Parks Department on Aug. 23.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Peter Franchot, the state comptroller and a fixture of Maryland politics since the 1980s, is close behind.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2022
• The storm cut power to 2 million New Yorkers and killed 43 city residents, according to the city comptroller’s office.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Rolando Charvel, the city’s comptroller and director of finance, said the mayor’s staff supports the proposals.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2024
• Moore highlighted both the record amount going to the program and a recent report from the state comptroller that showed women dropping out of the workforce amid high child-care expenses.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• Lower- and middle-income workers who have moved out of the state often say they’re pushed away by a lack of affordable housing, according to a new report from the state comptroller.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• The next comptroller general may also lead a much weaker office.
  — James Pollard, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
• The ballot question would ask voters to amend the city’s charter to limit the mayor, council members, council president and comptroller to two terms of four years each.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 27 Sep. 2022
• An audit by the city comptroller found that city was doing little to see that the program, known as intensive mobile treatment, or I.M.T., was getting results.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024