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Spacek’s vision was that an Accounting Court would compel justification of accounting choices with reference to their fairness and utility to all stakeholders: shareholders, employees, consumers, and the wider public.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
Fibre-optic lighting built into the system intuitively indicates the angulation error with reference to the planned trajectory.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
As of Monday, a message on wordle.at’s site, now named “Gridgames,” says the game was voluntarily removed after receiving a “complaint with reference to US trademark law.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
A police detective gave evidence to the court and said she could connect the defendants to each of the charges with reference to the victim's report to police.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
The calculation was not made with reference to vast historical or geological shifts—the fall of civilizations, the erosion of mountains.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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