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accountable

[uh-koun-tuh-buhl] / əˈkaʊn tə bəl /


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Appeared in the May 5, 2026, print edition as 'Making Public Unions More Accountable'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Accountable US, an advocacy group critical of corporations, linked airline delays and cancellations this summer to job cuts during the pandemic and poor treatment of workers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022

“We are witnessing the real-time destruction of one of the world’s most powerful communications platforms,” said Nicole Gill, the executive director of the nonprofit group Accountable Tech, on the call.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Holding signs that read, "Hold Him Accountable" and "We Believe You."

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2021

It was so ascribed to him, first, as far as I can find, by a writer of the name of Fancourt, in the preface to his Free Agency of Accountable Creatures Examined, London, 1733, 8vo.

From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George




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