bean-counting
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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
How do you figure out where you stand without bean-counting?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
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
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