Example Sentences

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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