account for
Example Sentences
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He also wants to raise the threshold for properties subject to the tax to $10 million, to account for the increasing costs of construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
China used to account for as much as half of profit for companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi owner Volkswagen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But successive governments have struggled to regulate the country's extensive artisanal and small-scale mining industry, where smuggling and informal trading have made it difficult for the authorities to account for all the gold produced.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
And accounts that bear no interest whatsoever account for roughly 20% of a bank’s deposit base.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The shush order probably didn’t account for that.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
