accounting for
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At Chicago’s Music Box Theater, one of metropolitan America’s premier destinations for arthouse cinema, screenings sold out in a flash, accounting for the second largest share of the restoration’s opening-weekend box office.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Treasurys has changed meaningfully over the last decade, with foreign official investors accounting for a smaller share of Treasury holdings than they once did, Societe Generale rates strategists say in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After accounting for differences in age, race, and sex, researchers found that the proportion of patients who died within 30 days of a stroke declined from 11.7% in 1993-1994 to 9.4% in 2020.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Eritreans were the most common nationality among small boats migrants in the 12 months to June - accounting for 18% of arrivals, external, according to figures from the House of Commons Library.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Every time something like this happens, I go to accounting for every person I know who also fits the description, who it could’ve been.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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