audit
noun
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
audited
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past participleof audit.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof audit.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
auditnounan official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
Example Sentences
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Under the act, new or higher special taxes enacted after Jan. 1, 2026 would be audited every four years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They audited the street, tracking down absent landlords, and logging what was empty and why.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Abbott has tried to ameliorate these concerns by requiring all new data centers to be audited by the state, a step that policy experts and Democrats have criticized as insufficient.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
A mystery Polymarket user earned about $22,000 with a series of near-perfect bets on the quarterly earnings of companies that had one thing in common: they were all audited by KPMG.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
During one seven-year period the lawyer’s tax returns had been audited, challenged, and taken to court annually.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
