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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

"We are witnessing the real-time destruction of one of the world's most powerful communication systems," said Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director of Accountable Tech, an advocacy group.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 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

The data, provided to the AP by Accountable Now, a project of The Leadership Conference Education Fund aiming to create a comprehensive use-of-force database, includes incidents from 25 police departments in 17 states.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 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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