accounts for
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ING estimates the AI frenzy accounts for around a third of the U.S. economy’s recent growth, as the data-center build-out sucks in semiconductors, electronics, cables, metals and machinery from around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Business investment accounts for about 19% of GDP, making it the next-largest peg.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Canada accounts for 60% of total US crude oil imports and close to 100% of US natural gas exports, according to Canadian government data.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Dark matter accounts for roughly 85% of all matter in the universe.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
In Homo sapiens, the brain accounts for about 2–3 per cent of total body weight, but it consumes 25 per cent of the body’s energy when the body is at rest.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
