account for

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Dadhania explained that while this partially represents the fact that Nike products account for about 60% of Foot Locker’s total revenue, “lower quality inventory and/or softer sell through rates” may also be to blame.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

This exemplary service failed to account for her disturbingly poor judgment, risking blackmail and conflict-of-interest allegations, since the Atlanta Police Department appears before her court; nor her lack of candor to the court.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Men account for 53 percent of players and women 46 percent, with women actually outnumbering men among Baby Boomers, the ESA said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Latinos account for more than 60% of the shoppers, according to the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander