accountability
Example Sentences
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“This case is about what made that crisis preventable — and about accountability for families left to carry the cost of someone else’s failure to safely maintain hazardous chemicals next door to their neighborhoods.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Brock ran for state office, promising election integrity and judicial accountability, and lost.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Platforms requiring precision, auditability, complex state management and regulatory accountability, such as financial systems, healthcare records and compliance infrastructure, will remain essential.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
It’s hard to see where that kind of accountability push would come from today.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing accountability
The Hate U Give
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The Other Wes Moore
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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