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The auditing of a company's financial records by independent examiners on a regular basis is necessary to prevent "cooking the books", and thus to keep the company honest. We don't normally think of auditors as listening, since looking at and adding up numbers is their basic line of work, but auditors do have to listen to people's explanations, and perhaps that's the historical link. Hearing is more obviously part of another meaning of audit, the kind that college students do when they sit in on a class without taking exams or receiving an official grade.
Examples of auditor in a Sentence
Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025
By the numbers Adult jails must log the arrivals and departures of minors and submit the logs to an auditor with the state, to comply with the federal standards.
—Rachel Baye, NPR, 5 June 2025
Claudia Russ Anderson, the former community bank group risk officer, was ordered Tuesday to pay $10 million; David Julian, former chief auditor, was ordered to pay $7 million; and Paul McLinko, former executive audit director, was ordered to pay $1.5 million.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2025
Federal auditors have warned for years that climate relocation projects need a lead agency to coordinate assistance and reduce the burden on local communities.
—Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditor. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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