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accounting

[uh-kaun-ting] / əˈkaʊn tɪŋ /
NOUN
keeping financial accounts
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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

AstraZeneca revealed that group revenue grew seven percent to a record $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

A minute of research, or just an honest accounting that nearly all his early rockabilly hits were cover songs, puts the lie to the idea that Elvis was a drawling bolt from the blue.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

My dad is an auditor for a big accounting firm.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh


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