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 report will be referred to the Office of State Ethics and the state auditors. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025 The chief auditor for Broward schools should be fired, said one School Board member, who wrote a scathing evaluation. Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025 By the numbers Adult jails must log the arrivals and departures of minors and submit the logs to an auditor with the state, to comply with the federal standards. Rachel Baye, NPR, 5 June 2025 Claudia Russ Anderson, the former community bank group risk officer, was ordered Tuesday to pay $10 million; David Julian, former chief auditor, was ordered to pay $7 million; and Paul McLinko, former executive audit director, was ordered to pay $1.5 million. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for auditor
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Noun
  • As when a warrant is presented at a private home, at the workplace a valid warrant must be issued by a court, have the correct name and address of the person being seized and be signed by a judge or magistrate judge.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • That juvenile judge or magistrate would be able to see how many interactions that child has had with the juvenile justice system, balance that with their best interest as well as the best interest of the community and public safety.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • His Damn Right Farewell tour is a celebration of his extraordinary career for fans to have the opportunity to witness a blues master at work.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The players needed a referee and spotted the old man in the bleachers.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • That initial fight led every player on the ice to find a partner to duel with, and the referees simply let the brawl play itself out.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Though the advocate general’s proposal is non-binding, judges tend to follow four out of five such non-binding opinions.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 19 June 2025
  • Text messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift about the working environment on the set of It Ends With Us must be turned over to Justin Baldoni, a judge has ruled.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The president recognized a perfect nominee for the times: a brilliant jurist who represented the best of American virtues and exhibited no vices or controversial positions on judicial issues (as had Bork three years earlier).
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • About a third, 32 percent, said federal judges have too much power, while 43 percent argued the jurists have the right amount.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 May 2025

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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditor. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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