Example Sentences
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Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki held the Mets to just three hits, which included a solo homer from Luis Roberts Jr. that accounted for the only run Sasaki surrendered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The massive $86-billion listing of SpaceX shares in June accounted for nearly half of the total.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Online sales of Nike products accounted for about one-fifth of Topsports’ total revenue in the previous fiscal year, according to the Shanghai-based distributor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
These vastly outweigh the amount of carbon produced by the airport site, and are accounted for separately by airlines.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
For all his brilliance, real science accounted for only a part of his interests.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
