account for
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Indexed annuities now account for nearly $200 billion in reserves at private asset manager-owned insurers, according to insurance ratings firm AM Best, more than any other type of life or annuity policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Sea levels are already significantly above the official tide forecasts, which are generated years in advance and don’t account for an El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He explains the law was meant to account for people who travelled abroad and weren't heard from for years.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
It affects about one in five adults in the United States and is estimated to account for roughly $65 billion in direct health care costs each year.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
They might even have been friends from school who’d grown up and were now middle-aged, which would account for the fact that they looked familiar but strange.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
