accounted for
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After researchers accounted for factors including age, education, genetics, race and hypertension, hormone therapy use was associated with 35% lower odds of showing signs of Alzheimer's disease at autopsy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Social protection, including state pensions and benefits, accounted for almost a third of the expenditure, rising by £2.1bn to £36.5bn.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Halal food accounted for $1.53 trillion of that spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Energy facilities including oil infrastructure, gas plants and power and desalination plants accounted for about half of the attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
This ward favored the latter, which accounted for some of the shouts.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
