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The phrase "may account for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to indicate that something may be the reason or explanation for something. For example, "Recent changes in the economy may account for the rise in unemployment."
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Various factors may account for this phenomenon.
Confusion may account for some of it.
Several things may account for the effect.
This may account for the movement's name.
Her interest in collecting may account for that.
That may account for the low number of complaints.
This may account for the appeal of Noah's story.
That may account for the movie's unusual serenity.
And so, you know, that may account for the change.
Several possible explanations may account for the observed phenotype.
This may account for the higher uptake of cadmium.
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