Sentence examples for account for. from inspiring English sources

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account for.

verb

To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

I don't have to account for anything to you.

Exact(60)

Account for leap years?

The New York Times

We can't account for that".

The Guardian - Sport

What would account for that?

The New York Times

Can science account for that?

Independent

I couldn't account for them.

The New Yorker

Now they account for 27%.

The Economist

Today they account for half.

The New York Times

I can't account for it".

Independent

Persians account for 51%.

The Guardian

That would account for the additional elbowroom.

The New York Times

Three things account for the increase.

The Economist

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