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accounting

[uh-kaun-ting] / əˈkaʊn tɪŋ /
NOUN
keeping financial accounts
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By analyzing tens of thousands of satellite images, the Journal identified hundreds of damaged buildings across more than two dozen installations—offering the most comprehensive public accounting of the war’s damage to American facilities to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

After accounting for these effects, the researchers found that the adjusted temperatures for 2023 and 2024 were somewhat lower than the original observations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Group revenue grew seven percent to $16.2 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier, with oncology accounting for 48 percent of the total.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

According to Visible Alpha, the expectation for 2032 is $1.78 trillion in revenue, with retail accounting for $1.05 trillion of that.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Their failure was interpreted as an indictment of their accounting practices, which allowed them to record profits before they were realized.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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