accounted

past tense of account

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accounted Russia and Ukraine have in recent years accounted for around 30% of the world's wheat exports and 12% of corn exports, most of it shipped through the Black Sea. — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026 Four years earlier, mailed ballots accounted for 31% of the voting and early voting was nearly 33%. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 His field goal in the final seconds accounted for the winning points in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 Carlos Del Rio-Wilson accounted for 249 yards and two touchdowns and Marshall held off Missouri State for a 30-24 win on Saturday night. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Latino homeownership exceeds 80% in Ashburn and Garfield Ridge, and in 2024, Latino borrowers accounted for more than 90% of new mortgages in Gage Park, West Lawn and Chicago Lawn. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 In contrast, one in four trucks sold in China in 2025 was electric, and the International Energy Agency estimates that China accounted for 90% of the 400,000 electric trucks sold globally last year. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026 Conversely, kids aged 0-4 accounted for seven of the 60 hospitalizations reported statewide. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 Companies occupying their own buildings accounted for 34% of Orange County office sales volume over the past year, compared with a five-year average of 24%, CoStar said. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounted
Verb
  • First ring, first row of the Koch Theater is widely considered to have the best seats in the house.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • It is intended to help locate missing Black people who are considered endangered because of their age or the suspicious circumstances surrounding their disappearance.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Indeed, cooling is regarded as one of the major challengers for operators of orbital data centers, as there is no airflow in space to carry away heat.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And France, South Korea and Brazil regarded as three of the strongest industry drivers in in the world.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • With these openings, Febal Casa now counts 283 monobrand stores, including 200 in Italy and 83 abroad, a sharp increase from November 2024, when the firm counted 217 monobrand stores, of which 36 were abroad.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The French bishops conference counted 21,386 adult and adolescent baptisms at Easter this year.
    — Chris Livesay, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Like a left turn phase could be called if there’s a car there or it could be skipped if there’s no car there.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His best friend’s wife recently called him asking for a loan.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On that front, Majeranowski added that textile recycling cannot be viewed as a solution to the fashion industry’s wider environmental impact on its own.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The prosecutor was aware that some people viewed career officials who had remained at the Justice Department as comparable to the bureaucrats who had dutifully followed orders in Nazi Germany.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Accounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accounted. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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