account for
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The cuts account for about 30% of the company’s workers unionized with The NewsGuild-CWA, a North American labor union of journalists and communications workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
On average, housing and transportation alone account for about half of household spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Driscoll’s was moving so quickly that it hadn’t even opened a local bank account for Weisz, who maxed out his debit card for expenses such as paying the driver, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Studies have previously cast doubt on the validity of global centenarian numbers, suggesting data errors, unreliable public records and missing birth certificates may account for elevated figures.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
There’s nothing in her training as a vocalist that could account for such a high pitch.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
