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"Other Christians" including evangelicals account for 13 percent, while other religions make up seven percent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
In her first public account of the morning of July 22, Athena said through her lawyer that they were both working from home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
By analyzing connections at multiple scales rather than relying on a single sampling layer, the algorithm can account for shorter routes that previous approaches might overlook.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Debotte's account of those moments was absolutely crucial to proving Richardson was guilty of more than causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“What about personality compatibility? You have to take that into account too, right?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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According to the university's annual accounts, the income QUB received from international student fees recently fell by around £5m - from more than £60m in 2024 to around £55m in 2025.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Joining a rally in Tel Aviv, Ayelet Raz said that the Arab community, which accounts for around 20 percent of Israel's population, had a right to political participation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
She also made electronic transfers into accounts she controlled and falsified financial entries in an effort to hide her tracks, according to prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
It accounts for 41% of the cost of health insurance—more than doctor visits and prescription drugs put together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In one of the earliest accounts of that night’s events, Kate replied, “we are innocent—how good it is to have a clear conscience.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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This vouching process itself accounted for fewer than 0.6% of votes cast in Minnesota’s 2024 general election, according to state election officials.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The biomarker remained significantly associated with cognitive impairment even after researchers accounted for amyloid-beta plaques, which are abnormal protein deposits in the brain that can be detected with PET imaging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
In Georgia, where early in-person voting broke the state's midterm record on Thursday, women accounted for 56 percent of ballots cast by that day, compared with 44 percent for men.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The profits from its semiconductor division accounted for 72% of its revenue, with its memory chip division lifted by rising prices as well as increased sales of HBM4 chips.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Whatever accounted for the results of his experiments, it wasn’t mystical, and neither was mesarthium itself, and neither was spirit.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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The Wall Street Journal identified 274 damaged structures at 24 installations with a U.S. military presence across the Middle East during the war’s first six months—the most comprehensive public accounting of that damage to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
After accounting for relevant statistical factors, the researchers calculated that participants in the intensive lifestyle program were 21 times more likely to achieve remission than those receiving usual care.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Group revenue grew seven percent to $16.2 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier, with oncology accounting for 48 percent of the total.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
According to Visible Alpha, the expectation for 2032 is $1.78 trillion in revenue, with retail accounting for $1.05 trillion of that.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The authorities were extremely strict about this, and the only kind of publication that would pass muster might be a quarterly on actuarial science for a prisoner studying accounting.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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