How to Use account for (someone or something) in a Sentence

account for (someone or something)

phrasal verb

• Gershunov said the authors didn’t account for efforts to mitigate climate change.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
• Mobile orders account for roughly one-third of Starbucks’ total sales, and tend to be more complicated.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
• Jung lined a two-run single to break the game open in the sixth and a score-capping homer in the eighth, both on 0-2 pitches, to account for three of the Rangers’ runs.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• In metro Phoenix, over half of the houses have turf, and outdoor irrigation can account for up to 70% of a household's monthly water use.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
• This is a 68% increase on the global average, where women account for just 31% of senior positions.
  — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 May 2023
• The scholarships, which will collectively account for $2.3 million during the next four years, were awarded to high school seniors and college, graduate and trade students.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
• Fans account for 50% of the vote to decide the All-Star starters.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
• Now, banks account for less than half of the lending there.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 May 2024
• Both of these cases fail to account for the full picture.
  — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• These four species account for most of the venomous snakebites in India.
  — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• Taxes often account for 40% of the price of a bottle or can of beer.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 16 June 2024
• The sales account for as much as 40% of the country’s export revenue.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
• Bosa is a dangerous pass rusher, and the Chiefs will need to account for him at all times.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• If your sausage was lean, this may also account for a dry texture.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• In fact, cars over 10 years old now account for more than 40 percent of the cars on America’s roads.
  — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 May 2024
• That still didn't fully account for the difference in time, though.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• But the union says its proposal cuts that amount to 57 cents to account for programming like news and sports that is not covered by the union.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
• Cliffs account for the largest part of California’s more than 1,000 miles of coastline.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
• Add 7 inches to account for the total width needed per stool, then divide the length of the island by that number (25).
  — Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
• However, the rate hikes at the Fed -- which stretch back to last March -- fail to account for the meteoric rise of Treasury bond yields in recent months.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• There are differences in equipment, and in ice size and quality that are hard to account for, and with the xanthan gum even more so.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
• How does the Utah senator account for the rest of his party’s behavior?
  — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
• Property crimes — burglaries, car theft and the like — account for 58 percent of all crimes in the region.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Obviously, decreased the size of the pan to account for smaller amount of meat mixture.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2023
• Matthew Perry put others first, as many can account for after his death.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
• But that doesn’t account for a runner who is in the midst of running a series of flawless races, like St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• Studies have found that smaller wells produce just 6% of the nation’s oil and gas but account for up to half the methane emissions from well sites.
  — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
• Baggy, loose, and wide-leg jeans now account for more than 80 percent of Pacsun’s denim sales.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 July 2024
• These prices don't account for sales or deals that dispensaries may offer.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
• Perry had been receiving regular ketamine infusion treatments for depression — in amounts not nearly enough to account for his death — from his regular doctors, who were not among those charged, authorities said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024