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account for

VERB
give reason for
Synonyms
WEAK
clarify elucidate explain justify resolve

Example Sentences

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Abbott Laboratories ABT -4.67%decrease; red down pointing triangle cut its full-year earnings outlook to account for a recent acquisition and said a weaker-than-expected flu season hurt its recent quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Separate finances with a shared account for joint assets is reasonable, but it’s also important to align your goals.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Crypto transactions account for a large chunk of the three companies’ revenue, so their shares tend to move in tandem with Bitcoin.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

But that turned out to account for only about 10% of the missing water.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton