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[uh-kount] / əˈkaʊnt /




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A single trader, whose account was created shortly before the album dropped and bet only on album-related markets, cashed out $7,800 in bets that he would.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Her account is backed up by a secret recording she later made as she challenged Abah's wife, Hurmiati.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

No updates had been posted to the comedian’s official Instagram account as of Saturday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

“Our dear friend Umar very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us,” they said in a statement published on her Instagram account.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

The firsthand account was a good one, and I was just getting into it when Elliot tapped me on the shoulder.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

After paying your non-negotiable costs like rent and bills, contributing to your retirement and emergency savings accounts, and paying down debt, how much do you have left?

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

Eyewitness accounts can restore the missing parts of the story, including what happens afterward.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

For Muse to work, though, it needs access to users’ data—their emails, calendars, e-commerce sites and bank accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

TfW said it was exploring a pilot to allow eligible railcards to be linked to pay-as-you-go accounts, and hoped to introduce child fares in future, but said further development was needed.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

That seating chart accounts for all the rational numbers—it assigns each of them a seat—so we can count them off one by one, in order, based on their seat number.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Data from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, or CREA, shows that China accounted for 50% of Russian crude exports between December 2022 and August 2026, followed by India at 37%.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

And this budget hasn’t yet accounted for federal, state and other taxes, which for middle-income households added up to about 26% of gross income in 2024.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Those numbers haven’t changed much over the last decade: all-female founding teams accounted for 4.3% of deal count in 2016, while teams with at least one female founder made up 16.6% that year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Companies occupying their own buildings accounted for 34% of Orange County office sales volume over the past year, compared with a five-year average of 24%, CoStar said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Census, white residents accounted for 88 percent of Levittown’s population.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

His own role also has morphed during that time, when he moved from corporate controller to chief accounting officer to CFO, which he said has necessitated the need to adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

But the balance is lopsided, with Chinese exports accounting for 75 percent of that.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

After accounting for taxes, this family would have just 10% of gross income left for all of their other spending, including “wants” and investing for retirement.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Grass phytoliths dominated the samples, accounting for as much as 97% of the total.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Some of the Indian accounting firms even go about marketing themselves to American firms through teleconferencing and skip the travel.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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