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The phrase "account for wasting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasons or justifications for wasting resources, time, or effort in a particular context.
Example: "The manager asked the team to account for wasting valuable time on unproductive meetings."
Alternatives: "justify the waste" or "explain the waste".
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And it's our fault for not holding civil servants and politicians to account for wasting our money through an absurd papering-over of the cracks in this Greek tragedy.
"Sinn Féin will be seeking legal advice on this matter and are determined to ensure that those councillors who have left the ratepayers of Craigavon facing further legal expense are held fully to account for wasting public funds and ignoring the ratepayers".
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Animals were housed in social groups of five animals each and fed 60 kcal/kg (plus 10% extra to account for waste) twice daily, with drug treatments split between the two feedings.
Add 2 inches (5.1 cm) to the total to account for waste, padding and carpet cutting.
Household leaks also account for 1 trillion wasted gallons a year -- enough to fill 40 million swimming pools.
He concluded that a better understanding of the role of cytokines, which interfered with the molecular mechanisms accounting for protein wasting in skeletal muscle, was essential for the design of future effective therapeutic strategies.
This loss in use accounts for waste when primary products (e.g. softwood lumber) are put into specific end uses (e.g. new single family residential housing).
An updated and comprehensive study of food waste in the U.S. food system accounting for waste in the fishing industry, on the farm, and during food processing is also necessary.
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