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[uh-kount] / əˈkaʊnt /




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Based on your account, the cistern appears to have developed a new fault immediately after the repair and/or the original problem may have been more complex than first realised.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

To document his upcoming World Cup journey, he started an account on RedNote, China's Instagram-like platform, two weeks ago, and has readily gained 197,000 followers.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Chinese consumers appeared to be flying less domestically, as airline ticket prices rise to account for surging fuel costs.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

At least one of those accounts was referred to federal investigators with the suspicion that a person using the spouse’s account used nonpublic information to make that bet, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It wasn’t a question two thirty-something would-be professional investors in Berkeley, California, with $110,000 in a Schwab account should feel it was their business to answer.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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