account for
Example Sentences
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Federal prosecutors had alleged that she participated in a fraudulent scheme to steal campaign funds from an account for a different politician, Xavier Becerra, to personally benefit one of his aides.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Still, these late-arriving ballots don’t account for a large share of the delays in California: in 2024, only about 2.5% of all ballots arrived in the mail after election day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
Despite their enormous size, both complete a full rotation in about 10 hours and account for a large share of the Solar System's total rotational energy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
The report will show if experts polled by the central bank have adjusted their growth forecasts to account for the price shock brought about by the conflict in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
And finally, and perhaps more obviously, he attacked Pythagoras’s scheme with the most self-evident of arguments: it could not possibly account for female anatomy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
