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

account for (someone or something)

phrasal verb

• But these account for only a tiny fraction of all the harmful subsidies for fisheries.
  — Kristen Hopewell, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2024
• The latest data doesn’t account for workers lost in job cuts announced earlier this year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• Fossil fuels account for 75% of greenhouse gas emissions, which trap heat and warm the planet.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
• But Ramos’s claims are too sweeping to account for why all Latinos have embraced conservatism.
  — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
• Unplug Your Electronics Leaving gadgets and charger cords plugged in when not in use can account for as much as 10% of a home's energy use.
  — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
• Dozens of cities and counties have adopted bans on gas hookups in new buildings, part of an effort to cut emissions from homes and businesses that account for about 11 percent of the nation’s carbon pollution.
  — Anna Phillips, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• Ischemic strokes, caused by a clot in the blood vessels that feed blood to the brain, account for 87% of all strokes, according to the statement.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 May 2023
• That still didn't fully account for the difference in time, though.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• An account for the Pope was also flagged as fake (correctly).
  — Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 2 May 2023
• The river’s braid bars—think sandbars, but less sandy—are in a constant state of flux, something maps can’t account for.
  — Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024