account for
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Heavier elements, including carbon, iron, and silver, account for only 1.5 percent of its mass.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Taken together, these donations account for the vast majority of the $13 million that America First Agricultural Action Inc. has raised so far this cycle.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Wise said the rejected application was based on the premise that the Federal Reserve would grant it a master account for payment system access, an approach it now says is “non-viable.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It also manufactured shoes that were customized to account for Kerr’s asymmetrical push-off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
You just blinked and thought you saw something odd—the same kind of explanations he’d tried to use to account for Katherine’s story, for Angela’s.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
