accounted for
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Nepal's energy sector accounted for about half of the infrastructure damage from the disaster, according to government assessments.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The railroad boom of the late 19th century marked the last time the build-out of one new industry accounted for a larger share of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Another notable outlier in the data was the “other managed assets” category, which accounted for 22.7% of the wealth in young households.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
They accounted for 2.7% of total reported incidents of GBV from April to June 2026 - up from 2.1% in the quarter before; this represented a 61% surge in absolute case numbers.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Whatever accounted for the unnatural stasis that had kept her a child for fifteen years, it was beyond the reach of reason or persuasion.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
