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have been accounting

  • present perfect progressive of account.

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People under the age of 20 have been accounting for about 40% of new infections.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2021

As gratifying as its own sales were, Detroit still peeked nervously in the rearview mirror at its foreign competitors, which have been accounting for about 10% of all U.S. sales.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have been accounting to Mr. Jenkings for not coming home last night.

From Barford Abbey by Gunning, Susannah Minific