Thesaurus results for AUDITORS

auditors

noun

plural of auditor

as in magistrates

a person appointed by a court to prepare an account of financial matters in a civil case

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Recent Examples of auditors The customer's risk is today, and so are the questions from their auditors, board and regulators. — Bora Unlu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 State auditors later determined that its financial problems were more extensive than initially believed. — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 At Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, auditors last were there in June 2025. — Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Independent auditors conduct two reviews of state exams each year; none have found issues with past tests, according to the state education agency. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 While auditors found that the bulk of the 68,935 tests reported by 360 Clinic were performed, the report could not confirm that 2,646 tests, costing the county $132,300, were done. — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026 Each of those decisions affects internal reporting, board oversight and how finance leaders explain the position to auditors and investors. — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Now, under the law named after her, magistrates and judges in North Carolina must be stricter when setting release conditions for people charged with violent crimes.

— Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
Of the 931 federal judges and magistrates who responded, only 15 had ever fielded a challenge to audiovisual evidence as a deepfake.

— Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

Definition of magistrates

Noun

Chow, a trial lawyer by trade, led her own defense during the court case which – like all of Hong Kong’s national security cases – was heard by a panel of three judges selected to oversee such proceedings and not a jury.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The Kowalczyk decision reset the status quo for money bail, ruling that judges must consider other non-monetary alternatives before assigning bail.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of judges

Noun

The energetic margins may be condemned by the masters of cities, but cities would not be the same without them.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of masters

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And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Conflict of laws issues then will go on to occasionally fry the minds of even the most brilliant litigators and jurists.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of jurists

Noun

As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.

— Julian Mark, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for five justices on the constitutional question, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh supplied the sixth vote for the judgment on statutory grounds.

— Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of justices

Noun

Immigration adjudicators may discourage visa holders like Maya from seeking employment after layoffs, thereby limiting their opportunities to stay and work in America.

— Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
The competition included 23 players who supplied preliminary video performances; adjudicators selected 12 finalists.

— Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026

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