accountable
Example Sentences
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Give parents tools that actually work and hold Meta accountable for honoring the choices parents make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“That said, much work still needs to be done to understand how widespread this practice is, and to hold bad actors accountable for laws that may have already been broken.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Those who perform well would be rewarded - and those who do badly "would be held accountable".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"At the end of the day, Meta needs to be held accountable for results, not efforts," he told me.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the Jefferson-Madison collaboration, Madison was not just responsible for handling the messy particulars; he was also accountable for shielding his chief from the political ambitions throbbing away in his own soul.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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