account for

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Amazon Web Services would account for almost $37 billion in revenue, or about 25% more than it brought home in the March quarter of 2025, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Paramount also requested FCC approval of up to 100% of “indirect aggregate foreign equity…to accommodate routine fluctuations in publicly held equity interests and to account for potential future investments.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Their goal is to support more effective and equitable public health policies that account for real-world environmental exposures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Countries attending account for roughly a fifth of global fossil fuel supply - including Colombia, Australia and Nigeria - but major powers including the US, China and India are not part of the talks.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Black soldiers eventually account for between 10 and 20 percent of the Continental Army and Navy.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis