accountable
Example Sentences
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“We could actually have a shot here at having somebody who cares about climate change, who wants to hold utilities accountable, who wants to hold big polluters accountable,” Stokes said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Today, a jury saw the truth and held him accountable.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
"The US military must be held accountable for it."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
This will mean less information for service members about how to exercise their rights, and to hold the military establishment accountable.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
And eventually he nodded slightly and said, “You want to take responsibility for what you have done, and you find it difficult to do that, to feel fully accountable if you cannot remember it?”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing accountable
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