accounting for
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United most commonly defended in a 4-2-2-2 last season under Carrick, accounting for 55.9% of their out-of-possession shapes.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A few states stand out as the major enforcers, with Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin accounting for 40% of all collections.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
That makes China the largest buyer of Iranian crude oil by a wide margin, accounting for more than 90% of Iran’s oil exports, according to the commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
But that will take time, and the United States remains Canada's largest trading partner by far, accounting for roughly 70 percent of Canadian exports.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
A very simple numerical principle that’s sometimes of use in accounting for the certainty of a particular kind of coincidence is illustrated by the mailman who has twenty-one letters to distribute among twenty mailboxes.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
