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a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received
The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year.
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Recent Examples of ledger
No arrests were made, but the agents seized cash, records detailing wagers, and ledgers and diaries with betting information.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The center of the page is a long, scrolling ledger of all the conversations Otter has transcribed.
—PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
On the positive side of the ledger, there are some reasons to think the selling of the past week has been exhausted.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Then came the request to add Gibson to the ledger, along with a letter from his lawyer arguing for his gun rights to be reinstated as a result of his special appointment and success in the film industry.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The center of the page is a long, scrolling ledger of all the conversations Otter has transcribed.
—PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
On the positive side of the ledger, there are some reasons to think the selling of the past week has been exhausted.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Then came the request to add Gibson to the ledger, along with a letter from his lawyer arguing for his gun rights to be reinstated as a result of his special appointment and success in the film industry.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ledger
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During a hearing on Monday, a Collin County judge set his bond at $250,000, online court records show.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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But court records reveal that the HOA was lenient on this particular rule at the time and knew of other households that had chickens.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2025
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Video of the moment was viewed more than 700,000 times on TCU’s official X account and millions of times total on social media.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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As of reporting, the announcement hasn’t made its way to any other official Nintendo social media account or its YouTube channel.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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With jury selection complete and a last-minute motions hearing out of the way, Karen Read's retrial on murder and other charges in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe is finally set to kick off with opening statements next week.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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This article has been updated with a statement from Luma Energy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Last month, the Trump administration released a trove of documents about the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The witness told investigators that Griffin swerved to cut off Francis, court documents read, at which point Francis pulled up beside the of the green Sierra and allegedly fired four to five shots into the truck through the front window on the drivers’ side.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Ledger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ledger. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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