accounting for

VERB

give reason for

Synonyms

WEAK

clarify elucidate explain justify resolve

Example Sentences

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After accounting for those features, humans no longer appeared to be such an evolutionary exception.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

YouTube is the most watched TV platform according to Nielsen, accounting for nearly 13% of all TV viewing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Data shows that approvals for psychiatric suffering are relatively rare, accounting for about 2% of all deaths by assisted dying in the country.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Rhodium reports that a 2025 directive promised to address petrochemical overcapacity, but only plants more than 20 years old were targeted, accounting for 5% to 6% of capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of spirits, and immediately accounting for it herself, by supposing that she did not like to go home again so soon, she added:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen