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account for

verb

  1. to give reasons for (an event, act, etc)
  2. to make or provide a reckoning of (expenditure, payments, etc)
  3. to be responsible for destroying, killing, or putting (people, aircraft, etc) out of action
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Israeli authorities have provided conflicting accounts for the cause of the fire.

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Online accounts for about a third of M&S's clothing and home sales.

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The manufacturing and export hub, home to more than 30 ports, accounted for 17% of all Chinese sales to the US last year.

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The rise in the number of available seats in the House of Commons, from 338 to 343, reflects a new political map which accounts for changes in population.

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It has also accounted for why the Always Trumpers still support the Liar-in-Chief to this day and why they believe in the falsehoods that the election was “rigged” and “stolen” by the Democrats.

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