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accounted (for)

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past tense of account (for)

as in explained

to give the reason for or cause of could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags

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Justin Wilson, an associate professor of physics at Louisiana State University and a study coauthor, explained that random interventions could suppress otherwise unpredictable behavior.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Adding that there were multiple bloods; some waterier, some viscous, others stickier, Flanagan explained that blood for dropping was different from what needed to be painted on Howell, which could not drip off.

— Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

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