How to Use accountant in a Sentence

accountant

noun
  • Her accountant was very down-to-earth.
    — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Have your accountant make the call.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • Oh, grow up, the accountant sometimes said to her.
    — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Our tax accountant is very critical of the sale of these funds.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • His accountant, Richard Kahn, signed it the next day.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The accountants, though, will have their issues.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 May 2026
  • One, the world is run by businesses, all of which need accountants.
    — Ali Shahbaz, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • His accountant was not deal fluent.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • So my f—king — my accountant wasn’t writing nothing off.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some agencies have in-house accountants.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Talk to an accountant or financial planner to find out what works best for you.
    — Madison Medeiros, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There was no pressure from society to be an accountant, or even pay the bills.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Her mother, Kim, worked as an accountant.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The accountant was supposed to show up to closing with the money.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Her brother, former chief of staff and her accountant were also charged.
    — Stephen Groves, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Clubs with clever accountants getting around those rules by selling stuff to themselves.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Lewis was an out-of-work accountant at the time of the killings and was widely described as a prime suspect.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • Just another tool, whether for an accountant, an artist, or a tenth grader.
    — Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Their accountant of seven years.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Her brother, former chief of staff and accountant were also charged.
    — Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Often, accountants find that the team withheld too much money.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • His work as an accountant had spared him the sun marks and whittled skin that Mother carried.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • They’re only brought together by an accountant’s sleight of hand.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Not one of those assistants, accountants, or hair people knows how to grill some chicken?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Not one of those assistants, accountants, or hair people knows how to grill some chicken?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • His father was a postal employee, and his mother was an accountant.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Who is correct, the IRS agent or my accountant?
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • An accountant at the factory took a liking to him and taught him the language after hours.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The city controller acts as the city’s chief accountant and provides oversight on the city’s spending.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • My father was an accountant, and my mother was his secretary.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026

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