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 Mamdani said Tuesday no injuries have been reported and all construction workers have been accounted for. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Clean energy projects accounted for 93 percent of those project cancellations. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 As of Monday, the ProMedica Health System accounted for 411 cases. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Contractors had been working on the building over the last few days, and police are now trying to confirm whether all the workers have been accounted for, according to the New York Daily News. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026 Purchases accounted for most of the activity, valued at up to $770,000, compared with up to $225,000 in sales. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 July 2026 When the Celtics won the NBA championship in 2024, Stevens noted, Tatum and Brown accounted for 47% of their salary cap, as the former had not yet signed his supermax extension. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026 First-time buyers accounted for 40 percent of purchasers this spring, up from 36 percent a year ago, while Millennials and Gen Z collectors represented one-third of bidders and buyers, compared with 25 percent during the same period last year. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 July 2026 Chinese models accounted for nearly half of all open-source AI downloads from February 2025 to 2026, according to data from the popular AI platform Hugging Face. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounted

Verb

In fact, the idea of splitting atoms for propulsion and power was being seriously considered almost as soon as the first atomic explosions were made public.

— David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
In 2023, California regulators levied more than $100,000 in fines against the private operator of a federal immigration facility, kicking off a three-year battle over whether detainees who do work at the facilities should be considered employees.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Even Advanced Placement examinations—formerly regarded as one of the strongest objective measures available—have become part of this debate.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Despite primarily playing club football for Bayer Leverkusen at centre-back, Quansah is regarded as a right-back option by Tuchel.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of regarded

Verb

The measure could incentivize lawmakers to save more money because funds tucked away in the rainy day fund would no longer be considered expenditures counted toward the spending limit.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Cheri Oteri donned her Barbara Walters drag once again as the network counted down to the United States of America's semiquincentennial.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026

Definition of counted

Verb

Mauney, widely seen as the best rider of his generation and someone who braved the hardest bulls to ride, had to retire in 2023 after a neck break on a bull called Arctic Assassin.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Fireflies go through four life stages – egg, larva, pupa and adult – in a process called complete metamorphosis.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of called

Verb

If the first eight steps, rising amid the site’s oak and maple trees, can be viewed as his birth and boyhood in the state, those at the summit reflect his later years of anguish and trial.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Critics have viewed that policy shift as a aggressive push toward assimilation.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 July 2026