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audit

[aw-dit] / ˈɔ dɪt /




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Impause is an app that lets you audit your own spending habits through gamification.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sarma, a former senior government official who worked in the power and finance ministries, has called for a water audit by an independent agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The audit said both employees had since left the controller’s office, but did not say whether it was the result of such action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The audit described the officer searching for the home address and vehicle information of six other employees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

“What about the audit and the frozen assets?”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

Protecting workers on the fishing vessels that supply feed mills is, however, an “immense challenge,” Meserve added, because audits occur at port.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

With voter anxiety growing, the heads of major AI companies signed a White House accord on September 29 pledging independent audits and board-level oversight of cutting-edge models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Tomé’s story echoed those I’ve heard from other board members, who spend hours poring over financial audits but little time auditing people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the recording, the officer is heard saying that the office’s auditing team was cut by the state and that the office doesn’t have the resources to proactively perform audits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Fowls had held on to Fowl Manor over the years, surviving war, civil unrest, and several tax audits.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Under the act, new or higher special taxes enacted after Jan. 1, 2026 would be audited every four years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Abbott has tried to ameliorate these concerns by requiring all new data centers to be audited by the state, a step that policy experts and Democrats have criticized as insufficient.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"All service charge expenditure is audited by a firm of chartered certified accountants. A summary document detailing the residential expenditure is provided to each leaseholder by the managing agent."

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

They aren’t required to file audited financials or detailed income statements with the SEC and don’t need SEC approval before they can raise money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

During one seven-year period the lawyer’s tax returns had been audited, challenged, and taken to court annually.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The company has identified nearly 400 “musecases” ranging from auditing unnecessary subscriptions to negotiating parking tickets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Osman, who is from Leicester in the UK, has lived in Malawi for several years and works for an auditing firm.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

One of the auditing clients, Coca-Cola, came through in 1959 by offering him a junior executive job in Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

In emails, Marc Treitler, Conservice’s general counsel and president of sustainability, said the company helps all parties save on utilities by auditing the bills it receives directly from providers before passing charges on to renters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“You’re auditing something? I thought about doing that at NYU. How is it?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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