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The phrase "accounted for lost" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and may be intended to convey that something has been recognized or acknowledged as lost.
Example: "After reviewing the inventory, we accounted for lost items that were never returned."
Alternatives: "recognized as lost" or "noted as missing."
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The statistics were assembled using figures taken from 1997 onward, and do not include any metrics regarding VHS technology which, although allowing the viewer to fast-forward much more readily than most modern digital content, might still have accounted for lost time in consumers who simply sat like dullards waiting for the warning to be over so that their movie could start.
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