Thesaurus results for ACCOUNTED

accounted

verb

past tense of account

as in considered

to think of in a particular way account themselves lucky to be alive

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Recent Examples of accounted The battery accounted for more than half of the drone’s total weight, forcing the students to account for its mass throughout the flight. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 Over the past year, accessories accounted for 55 percent of sales and ready-to-wear 45 percent; direct-to-consumer made up 57 percent, wholesale 43 percent. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Eleven of the top 12 contracts by dollar-amount bought were puts; ranked by volume, puts accounted for 8 of the 10 most-popular contracts. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 As an example, as KPop Demon Hunters took the world by storm, Funko responded with a product line that accounted for 7% of Funko’s net sales in the first quarter of 2026. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 In 2025, the organization sold 738,459 drinks, which accounted for $17 million in revenue. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The Parrot vp also told the Iberseries crowd that in 2025, for the first time, non-SPLATAM markets accounted for the majority of SPLATAM content demand worldwide. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 And make no mistake, the cat eye was present and accounted for at the VMAs, but Swift gave it a mod-style update with a few flicks of white liner to accent her eyes even more. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Sep. 2026 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

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Virginia’s 5th is not normally considered a competitive district.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
The location is along the Burke-Gilman trail next to Lake Union, and is considered the trail’s access point for runners and bikers.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of considered

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That changed two weeks ago, when one death was finally counted, and again last week when a second was added to the agency's tally.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Of course, there’s still an election to be held, votes to be cast and ballots to be counted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of counted

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But Cunningham called the contact intentional and accused Carrington of seeking attention.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The first, called the College of Combat Support, will see people trained in operating and supporting battlefield systems, communications, engineering, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, etc.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of called

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This is, of course, not a fair fight, since even at its most successful Hollywood products are viewed in the millions while social-media giants measure results in the billions.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
NBCUniversal also reports that in terms of reach, or the number of people who viewed any portion of the episode, the Season 30 premiere hit more than 19 million viewers across platforms.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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