Synonyms for account for
ac·count for

Princeton's WordNet

1. account forverb

   be the reason or explanation for

   "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

2. account forverb

   give reasons for

   "Can you account for all these absences?"

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1. Lisa Nee:

   You can't have a system that is supposed to take care of patients, and have a system that never takes account for its own mistakes.

2. Ken Brinsden:

   Once we get up, we will be able to account for the equivalent of about 20 percent of the market as it stands now, as long as we can keep our costs low, we've got a good shot.

3. Saida Caballero-Nieves:

   There have been suggestions that these monsters result from the merger of less extreme stars in close binary systems, from what we know about the frequency of massive mergers, this scenario can’t account for all the really massive stars that we see in R136, so it would appear that such stars can originate from the star formation process.

4. Melissa Majumdar:

   While we may not have control over genetic factors that influence metabolism, physical activity -- both through exercise and everyday movements -- can account for 15 % to 30 % of metabolic needs.

5. Patrick Mahomes:

   He's a special player. He makes the defense account for everybody, to have his speed on the field, it makes defenses play different coverages. They know they can't put him in man-to-man situations because of how talented he is.