How to Use comptroller in a Sentence

comptroller

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• The easiest way is to have a good comptroller and record-keeping practices.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
• The comptroller serves as the state’s chief tax collector, and the office has a hand in regulating businesses.
  — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• Withholding also must draw a distinction between income from union and nonunion work paid to a state employee, the comptroller said.
  — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 13 Apr. 2021
• In all, the state received $82.4 billion, according to the comptroller’s statement.
  — Steve Bittenbender, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2021
• Spokespeople for the comptroller and attorney general declined to comment.
  — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
• Reilly has more than three decades of experience in business services, working in various roles including as a budget analyst and comptroller.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 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
• Along with the governor and the state treasurer, the comptroller sits on the powerful three-member Board of Public Works, which oversees state contracts.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The previous comptroller, Scott Stringer, who came in fifth in the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, wants another shot with the city’s voters.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024