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auditor

noun

Definition of 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 state auditor, a separate agency that reports to the state Legislature, launched its own audit about the timeliness of the report. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The auditor publicly confirmed its CMS investigation last week, while the SBI is conducting a separate criminal investigation requested by Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather. — Nora O’Neill 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Partner with an independent external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026 Yet the auditor’s own 2024 annual report says his office released performance audits of only two school districts that year and launched audits of two more. — Ray Cummings, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for auditor

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Italian magistrates accused Egyptian authorities of withholding key information requested through international legal channels, an allegation Cairo rejected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Different views on the topic Bianco’s legal team argued that the sheriff had a duty to investigate a complaint alleging discrepancies in the election and had acted lawfully after obtaining search warrants from a neutral magistrate.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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Zhang plays optimistic puzzle master Florence, and Sula is Conrad’s estranged daughter and criminal psychologist Astrid.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Ted was accepted into a master’s program in data science at Columbia, but her own acceptance was at UC Berkeley.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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Five players and the referee tried to catch it, Steph recalled, while its owner sobbed on the sidelines.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
The league on Monday suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games for swearing at Arizona’s Trey McBride and referee Adrian Hill for one game for yelling and gesturing at Minnesota’s Eric Wilson.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of referee

Noun

Perhaps a handful of judges would be confirmed, but Cabinet secretaries would face long slogs.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The judge’s order expires later this week, and the three outlets are seeking a preliminary injunction to sideline the ban in the longer term.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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