How to Use comptroller in a Sentence

comptroller

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• Glassman, who is running for state comptroller, is term limited and cannot run for a third term in 2022.
  — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2021
• Kevin Lyons, a spokesman for the state comptroller’s office, confirmed that Moreno had made his final payment on a plan.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 26 May 2021
• The comptroller’s office is supposed to make sure a tax break is necessary to incentivize the new construction, which otherwise might be built somewhere outside of Texas.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 19 May 2021
• In the past fiscal year, the city paid two hundred and five million dollars to settle some 3,285 cases, according to data from the city comptroller’s office.
  — Tom Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
• The last time the state’s comptroller studied the issue was in 2006.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2022
• But fixing the dollars for the program is a task the comptroller can’t solve.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
• The banks want no one like Omarova in place as comptroller.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
• 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
• One name that comes up is Michael Hsu, the acting comptroller of the currency.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Many of those factors have begun to reverse, the comptroller said.
  — Alison Kosik, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
• Franchot, the comptroller, set up a system to ease the cash-flow crunch for stations that lowered prices.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 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
• The comptroller has one of three votes on the state’s Board of Public Works, and has the power to collect taxes and help determine the state’s budget.
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
• 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
• In fact, the comptroller’s office hasn’t audited an SBA fund since 2003.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2021
• The other two board members are the governor and comptroller.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
• The Texas comptroller’s office has approved 97.5 percent of these deals.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2021
• Context: Texas has led the U.S. in wind energy production for the past 17 years, per the Texas comptroller's office.
  — Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
• What are the biggest challenges facing the comptroller’s office in 2025?
  — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• Joseph Otting, a former comptroller of the currency, will become the bank’s CEO.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• The timing for review by the board, made up of the governor, state treasurer and comptroller, wasn’t released.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
• The district's comptroller, Alfredo Balmaseda, said he was fired the next day.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024