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a statement given to explain a belief or act
what accounting can you give for your bizarre actions on the night in question?
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Recent Examples of accountings
These estimates are between 100 and 10,000 times lower than previous accountings of atmospheric microplastics—a discrepancy that the researchers behind the new study say underscores the need for better global measures of these pollutants.
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K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
The plan states that during the shutdown, several services will be halted, including benefit verifications, earning record corrections, payee accountings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, replacement Medicare cards and overpayments processing.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
The plan states that during the shutdown, several services will be halted, including benefit verifications, earning record corrections, payee accountings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, replacement Medicare cards and overpayments processing.
—Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountings
Noun
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When Slater was ousted last week, the administration sprayed out explanations.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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At 5,300 years old, any of those explanations complicates the conventional picture of how sophisticated Predynastic Egyptian material science actually was.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Every nation, every culture, really has its own reasons for commemorating the past.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Denver officials cited national media attention and tourism in Green Mountain Falls as reasons for downtown Denver to embrace the sculptures.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Accountings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accountings. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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