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

Italy is one of the most gas-reliant economies in Europe, with natural gas accounting for roughly 40% of its total energy supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 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

If it is in the nature of living things to pool resources, to fuse when possible, we would have a new way of accounting for the progressive enrichment and complexity of form in living things.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas