account for

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Dadhania explained that while this partially represents the fact that Nike products account for about 60% of Foot Locker’s total revenue, “lower quality inventory and/or softer sell through rates” may also be to blame.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Together these platforms account for 72% of Iranian crypto inflows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Cboe, for example, says retail investors account for more than half of zero-day option trading on the S&P 500 index.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

This exemplary service failed to account for her disturbingly poor judgment, risking blackmail and conflict-of-interest allegations, since the Atlanta Police Department appears before her court; nor her lack of candor to the court.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Nathan still planned to interview them so he could put together an eyewitness account for The Daily Cal, UC Berkeley’s student paper.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English