bean-counting
Example Sentences
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“If you go too far into the bean-counting direction, you will miss a lot,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Admittedly, in those cases financial controls were looser, usually because scant infrastructure and operational uncertainties made bean-counting impossible.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025
The effective altruism movement was already grappling with the question of whether it had become too tied up in ethical bean-counting.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022
Content creators detested its bean-counting management and customers found themselves ill-served by higher prices and shrunken entertainment offerings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2021
A vocation that once had a dash of grit and glamour has become more administrative, with a lot of bean-counting and heartbreak.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019
