How to Use accounting in a Sentence

accounting

noun
  • Again, note that there could be some sketchy accounting here.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Trek, by Burke’s own accounting, is not ready.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • But this sweet, deep man deserves a fuller accounting.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • But there is no accounting for the weather.
    — Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One set accounting for pace, the other not.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But basic accounting shows that this isn’t true.
    — Sarah Isgur, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The right way to think about dollars is as entries in an accounting ledger.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There's the accounting of how many felled trees have struck cars, ripped down roofs, and taken lives.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Learn more about the two accounting methods.
    — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • The stakes of these accounting games are about to become very real.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe one side demands to see an accounting sheet for all funds — every month.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
  • Miller was smart, driven and had a goal of working for one of the top accounting firms.
    — Pamela Kirkland, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • These records are used to prepare a final accounting for the court.
    — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That inevitably leads us to an accounting that little has been achieved.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That inevitably leads us to an accounting that little has been achieved.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In your accounting, your meetings matter to him and don’t cost you very much.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Creative accounting can only hide the truth for so long.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • My dad is an engineer and my mom worked at an accounting firm, and that was just not in the cards.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • The cruelty is not the point in this accounting.
    — Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Call it creative accounting on steroids.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The answer lies in a change in accounting treatment.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This is what led my friend and me to our idle accounting of new-media punditry.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • They were followed by the major accounting firms, and a long list of global law firms.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The hardest part for me is the accounting—making sure the numbers are right.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026
  • The same blind spot runs through company accounting.
    — Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Debts are paid from estate funds and should be recorded as part of the estate’s accounting.
    — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Our budgets include all of that, so there’s some accounting context that gets lost.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Cash basis accounting is the method used by most sole proprietors.
    — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • An honest accounting of Michael’s life could help answer how.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This is not merely an accounting problem.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026

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