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accountant

[uh-koun-tnt] / əˈkaʊn tnt /


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Challengers Henry Mantel, a tenants’ rights lawyer, and Morgan Oyler, an accountant, say Yaroslavsky hasn’t done enough to increase the district’s housing supply.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

"This isn't really an accusation, something from more than 30 years ago, but rather a public attack on a public figure," Fabian Fernandez, a 30-year-old accountant, told AFP in Havana.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The short answer: Your accountant has their wires crossed — or you may have misunderstood what they said.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Ivan Lamptey, an accountant in Sacramento, Calif., leaves home at 5 a.m. five days a week to drive about 120 miles each way to work in Fremont, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“The accountant who wants to stay in business in America will be the one who focuses on designing creative, complex strategies, like tax avoidance or tax sheltering, managing customer relationships,” he said.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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