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
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • Raq is a master manipulator who claims to value loyalty above all else, especially from her henchmen brothers Marvin (London Brown) and Lou (Malcolm Mays) and her only son, yet constantly destabilizes the three of them with selfish mind games and power plays that genuinely harm them.
    Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The game got quite physical as the referees let the players play.
    Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In the ninth round, Price had Jonas on the canvas, but it was ruled no knockdown by the referee.
    Sarah Shephard, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 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
  • Other judges have reached the same conclusion so far.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 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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