How to Use on account in a Sentence

on account

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  • Years of isolation—on account of the steep Rif mountains—have helped the area retain its unique Berber heritage.
    Christopher Garis, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2022
  • There are more highways, more cars, more trucks on account of the region’s mining and related activities.
    Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • However, Netflix has been cracking down on account sharing for several years now.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • Areas of France, Britain, Austria and the Netherlands have issued red alerts or warnings on account of the extreme heat.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The performances of those groups might have resembled one another in some superficial way, but the individual politics of each do matter and shouldn’t be lumped together on account of aesthetics.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

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