How to Use accountability in a Sentence

accountability

noun
  • The online transcript displays a chilling lack of regard for the rule of law and accountability.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In all three cases, there was found to be a lack of transparency, accountability, and oversight in the use of FRT.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Just a word scramble of disappointment with no accountability.
    Vogue, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The appropriate accountability is to remove them from positions of power in what is supposed to be a free society.
    WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
  • And Young said personal accountability is important in these moments.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Increasing transparency and accountability throughout the system is surely a laudable and achievable goal.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Infrastructure failures caused by overcrowding are common in India and rarely result in accountability or change.
    Emily Schmall, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Critics called it a recipe for potential corruption because the lieutenant governor, once appointed to a job like chief of staff, could wield power with less public accountability.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The line for folks that were disagreeing with what might have been happening, not happy with what's happening in their communities, the line completely moved with very little accountability.
    NBC News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • With no accountability, the state can do what is best for the state.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Where is the accountability if your head coach has yet to speak with you about it?
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Fields, though, felt more accountability shift to him over the past week — and liked how that felt.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Well, the people deserve to know the facts, the truth and accountability.
    CBS News, 3 Nov. 2019
  • But at the very same time, putting in the levels of accountability.
    Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 4 Sep. 2017
  • As long as the shares continue to flow, accountability is the order of the day.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • Back then, there was a little bit more accountability about the power of the pen.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2021
  • What's in it for them is the transparency and the accountability.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 July 2022
  • That’s where the rubber meets the road in accountability.
    Randy Rieland, Smithsonian, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Get a group of two, three, or four friends for added accountability.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Apr. 2019
  • What the two cases have in common, critics said, is a lack of accountability on the part of the main actors.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Part of the problem is that there has been little accountability for any of these crimes.
    Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The virtue of accountability is transformed in short order into the vice of group blame.
    David French, National Review, 8 Jan. 2018
  • When things go awry and lack of accountability is rampant, front offices can turn on the head coach.
    Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2018
  • On that score, accountability will be clear: put up the stadium, and then put up or shut up.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • The issue of accountability and transparency is not new to the school.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2018
  • For some readers, accountability is the key to emerging from a slump.
    Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
  • And there are close levels of accountability on how funds are used and for what purpose.
    AZCentral.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • His defense is that bad and there needs to be accountability.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • And what journalism does is try and bring that level of accountability at least by telling the truth.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Winfield said the accountability law was not solely a response to the outrage and protest.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2022

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