How to Use ledger in a Sentence

ledger

noun
  • But that ledger includes the 0-3 mark in the playoffs, and only one of those games has been close.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The Raptors guard hit another jumper to open the second half, and added nine more points to his ledger in the third.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Bitcoin transactions are stored on a decentralized ledger known as a blockchain.
    Emily Parker For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Like Meat, Foley was a theater actor and a rough rocker with hard-nosed chops on both sides of the ledger.
    A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
  • On the expense side of the ledger, companies will see higher borrowing costs for both operating lines and term loans.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Each time someone transfers cryptocurrency, the transaction is posted to the ledger and signed with a unique string of letters and numbers.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The problem has been on the other side of the ledger — the number of Americans who are working or looking for work, also known as the labor force.
    Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Many people on that side of the ledger are still in the hospital because of the coronavirus, which has both caused and exacerbated chronic conditions.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
  • After its first significant downturn of the season, UCLA was relieved to be back on the preferred side of that ledger.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The ledger, which measures roughly eight inches long and five inches wide, belonged to John T. Mason, a constable in Downieville.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Five of the six runs in the inning were charged to his ledger.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
  • But what about the models at the other end of the ledger?
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The damage was more pronounced on the other side of the ledger.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • Rogers is an option as well, with 28 saves on his ledger for the year.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Signs of a soft landing are emerging in Texas — on the spending side of the ledger.
    Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Before 2022 was done, Ledecky added two more world records to her ledger.
    CBS News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • So to me, his ledger is one win and one loss, with next season as the rubber match.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But some things will go wrong, and that should be enough to pile a few more losses on their ledger.
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There’s little debate as to which side of the ledger Tigers coach Kim Mulkey falls on.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And Eddie Huang is not afraid to name names on either side of that ledger.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024
  • On the other side of the ledger, the Mavericks have been slept on all season.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • The messages and the ledger offered a roadmap into the movement of drugs and profits.
    John Caniglia, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Each page has the rulings of a records book, as if Klara had repurposed a ledger.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The Bitcoin ledger, on the other hand, stores both the addresses and the Bitcoins.
    Rufas Kamau, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Many buried there are unnamed in the old ledger of burials and were laid to rest in unmarked graves.
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  • The guest ledger where Charles’s name was recorded read like the courthouse docket.
    April White, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • On the other side of the ledger, the gig economy is burgeoning.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The big question is whether the Bow plant will be added to the renewable or fossil fuel side of the ledger.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
  • On the other side of the ledger, Nike’s business growth in China has slowed dramatically.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The bleeding is not as profuse on the broadcast side of the ledger, as revenues from retransmission-consent agreements slipped 3%, as the Big Four networks collectively lost $389 million in passive income.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2024

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