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accountant

[uh-koun-tnt] / əˈkaʊn tnt /


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"We've been left with nothing. We lost everything," says the accountant, who lived on the ground floor, in tears.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

You need a team, and you certainly need an accountant and a trust-and-estate attorney to help you navigate the trust and the house contained in the trust.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Bruce Dubinsky, a forensic accountant who worked on the Enron and Madoff cases, says the issue comes down to the motivation of the parties and can be explained through an analogy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

However, his father Harry had made good, moved to Birmingham and worked as an accountant at the Midlands Electricity Board.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

My father started the school three years before I was born, and he was teacher, accountant, and principal—as well as janitor, handyman, and chief mechanic.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

In fact, the American public includes bankers, farmers, workers, traders, builders and accountants, who together spend billions of hours interacting with the government through filling out forms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

His campaign manager said Friday that accountants are still working on the new filing.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

"The forensic accountants had done their work and came out with this deep connection to African chattel enslavement. Once something is brought to the light, you can't push it back into the darkness."

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Following staff cuts at the agency, lawyers and accountants noticed an uptick in abruptly ended audits.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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