account for

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That’s on the back of an ongoing migration to online car buying, which currently accounts for only 2% of used-vehicle sales, “as consumers get more comfortable with purchasing online,” he said.

From MarketWatch

The formula hasn’t been raised since 1999 to account for inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this year, enough of his developers had individual accounts that he decided to get an enterprise account for the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fully electric vehicles accounted for 97.6 percent of new registrations last month in Norway, which had set the goal of achieving 100 percent zero-emission car sales as of this year.

From Barron's

Just two Big Tech stocks have accounted for more than a third of the S&P 500’s gains so far this year, underscoring how the market has become increasingly concentrated around major companies.

From MarketWatch