account for

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Five years later, they account for over half of all retail sales, according to official figures, and are eyeing new opportunities, in property development, banking and agriculture, among other areas.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

"And our research indicates that these primordial black holes could account for a significant portion, if not all, of dark matter."

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

"He spent 40 hours in that hole, he didn't have an ID, they couldn't account for him because he had no documents," his grandmother, Marlene Lozano, told Reuters.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

The analysts also said that 2% of an artist’s fans account for around 18% of their music streams.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander