audited

verb

past tense of audit
as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) audited the equipment to make sure that everything was in working order

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Recent Examples of audited As of late, Abbott pushed for a moratorium on data centers, which paused all projects until the state audited each. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 Gathering audited data from fabric mills, which is Tier 2, yarn spinners (Tier 3) and raw material farms (Tier 4) is incredibly difficult. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 That means considering adequate substance, qualifying and nonqualifying activities, transfer pricing, audited financial statements and the limits applicable to nonqualifying revenue. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Listing a token requires continuous, audited disclosure of who controls the supply and how the asset actually works. — Michael Faulkender, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026 Around the same time, the department’s own Inspector General audited its Flock contracts and published the findings. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 But as the network has expanded, so has scrutiny over how the information is accessed, shared and audited when no crime has been committed. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 The health department also audited Metropolitan Family Services’ antiviolence programming last year. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress in June that the oil sales are audited by KPMG. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audited
  1. examined
  2. reviewed
  3. scanned
  4. inspected
  5. surveyed
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  • In the fourth quarter, left tackle Rashawn Slater lay for several moments on the turf and was examined by medical staff before rising to his feet and walking gingerly to the sideline with an ankle injury.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Under D’Amaro, Disney has enacted new rounds of layoffs and examined its cost structure.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of examined
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  • The app also uses daily skin scans to track changes, with treatment plans reviewed monthly based on the patient’s response.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The reporter independently reported and verified the factual claims in this article, and a human editor reviewed it before publication.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • Our school would be housed in the Mountain State Spotlight newsroom, which had not been inspected as a school site.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Potential homes are thoroughly vetted and inspected prior to adoption.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of inspected
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  • Susanna hung to a strap in the crowded car, and critically surveyed the seated crowd spreading just below, from which no one had separated and individualized himself by giving her a seat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The results also differed markedly depending on the wealth of the country surveyed.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of surveyed

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