auditor

as in magistrate
a person appointed by a court to prepare an account of financial matters in a civil case

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Recent Examples of auditor The letter requesting the audit asks the state auditor to assess the cause of the backlog, evaluate the current process and make recommendations. Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025 Shareholders did approve Apple’s slate for board of directors, its auditor and the company’s executive compensation in an advisory vote. Kif Leswing, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025 However, in 2024, the stock faced a major selloff, dropping as much as 80% due to regulatory concerns, including a delay in filing its annual 10-K report with the SEC, accusations of accounting irregularities from short-seller Hindenburg Research, and the resignation of its public auditors. Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Before a recent election, officials were accused of soliciting donations for a political action committee seeking to eliminate the position of county auditor. Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auditor
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Noun
  • Decision on his brother delayed Another Miami magistrate judge, Lisette Reid, denied a $115 million bond request in December by the third brother, Tal.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Bond concerns in Mecklenburg courts This isn’t the first time local police have called attention to low bonds set by Mecklenburg County magistrates.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Every master craftsman had their own tools – often specialized and always prized possessions handed down from generation to generation.
    John Sviokla, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • With no masters of the technique in Mexico, ASMA is teaching themselves the techniques from books.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick wants referees to give his young livewire more protection.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • One person who took the cool moment factor a bit too far was Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava, who was sanctioned by Concacaf for approaching Messi at the final whistle of the game in Kansas City last week and asking for his autograph to give to a family member with special needs.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In 2024, Boston federal judge Dennis Saylor dismissed Mexico's case but he later was overruled by a federal appeals court.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • In June 2009, a judge at the High Court in London ruled that the work carried out by Corby Borough Council on the town’s steelworks between 1985 and 1997 had been negligent.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Many of these proposals have landed at the feet of Judge Cooper and his fellow jurists in Federal District Court in Washington who have spent the past four years dealing with an exhausting caseload emerging from efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Religious scholars affiliated with him have begun claiming that Mojtaba is a distinguished jurist, one whose expertise qualifies him to be supreme leader.
    Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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