account for

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The researchers were also unable to account for natural light exposure, which can affect melatonin levels in the body.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Rabbits, Benitez explained while looking through binoculars from his moving truck, account for around 90 percent of the lynx diet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The latest figures account for 13.5% of all young people in the UK - one percentage point higher than in the same period in 2025.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Mistral's defence activities account for between 10 and 15 percent of revenue, with active contracts for the French, Singaporean and Luxembourg armed forces.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

He pointed out that nothing in our understanding of physics could account for why everything, gathered to a point, would suddenly and dramatically begin to expand.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson