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accounting for

VERB

give reason for

Synonyms

WEAK

clarify elucidate explain justify resolve

Example Sentences

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After accounting for factors such as age, sex, and demographics, the analysis showed that glucosamine use was associated with a 25% greater likelihood that patients with MCI would later develop dementia.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Just accounting for rental clothes and flights, you should expect to spend about $4,000 for both weddings.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

China exported 784,000 vehicles in May, with new-energy vehicles accounting for a record 54% of total exports, according to the CPCA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Google’s IPO price was $85 a share, or $2.125 after accounting for stock splits, and left the company with a market capitalization of about $23 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Black women replaced them, accounting for 60 percent of all domestics in the 1940s, and dominated the field until other occupations began to open up to them.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich