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. Neil Saunders:

   While the Gen Z and Millennial cohorts are both lucrative and interesting, there is something of an obsession with them in retail and fashion that is often to the detriment of older generations, the truth is that more mature cohorts account for a lot of retail spending and there is a significant opportunity that is not always properly addressed.

2. Christine Lindquist:

   I definitely think that this study helps contribute to our understanding of the consistency of rape behavior among men from one year to the next, but not necessarily whether a small number of men account for the vast majority of rapes on a given campus.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

4. Rahul Kapoor:

   One cargo loading at current elevated rate levels can not only finance the scrubber capex, but also account for extra costs incurred to install the scrubber at a later date.

5. 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.