taken account of

phrase

past participle of take account of
as in considered
to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities.

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taken into account
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  • Part-time jobs pay an hourly wage that is nearly 20% below what workers with full-time jobs earn after age, education, occupation and industry are taken into account.
    Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Making novel genes is not new, but creating an entire functional genome is much trickier—genes have complex patterns of interaction, and all their cascading effects need to be taken into account for the result to function as a comprehensive body.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
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“Taken account of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20account%20of. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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