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
  • Kevin can’t exactly warn anyone, on account of the fact that he’s been zapped into the company’s digital network.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There were some in the industry who questioned the film’s selection on account of its largely Iranian creative makeup.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 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
  • Higher inflation is mostly on account of fuel and food, with little signs of widespread price pressures so far, Malhotra said Wednesday.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The report argues that retirement planning should shift from focusing primarily on account balances to focusing on sustainable income and spending goals.
    Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 12 Aug. 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
  • The money reflects forgone NIL opportunities, denied revenue from broadcasts and potential earnings from video games that were never made on account of NCAA rules.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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