accountant

Example Sentences

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She didn’t tell me and my sibling about it at the time, and instead hired an accountant to help her.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

His daughter-in-law Linda Kirkland, a former accountant, said this was "the final indignity".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He had dozens of jobs, including stockroom clerk, timekeeper, accountant and city inspector, as well as myriad positions in newspaper journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He also requests that an accountant track every transaction that involved money transferred from Bohm’s personal accounts to the accounts his parents controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

He wasn’t large in any sense of the word—he looked like he could have been an accountant, with thick glasses and hunched shoulders from spending too many hours at a desk.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken