accounting (for)

present participle of account (for)
as in explaining
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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explaining
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  • May acted as his own attorney at a hearing that included prosecutors showing charts explaining in stark, factual ways what was on each video May is charged with distributing.
    Jeffrey Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But mostly the veteran producer spent his wide-ranging conversation with Variety‘s Clayton Davis explaining the job that is often hard to define — the role of a producer — and discussing the state of the film business.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Accounting (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accounting%20%28for%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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