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accounts (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of account (for)

as in explains

to give the reason for or cause of could not account for the huge difference in price between the two practically identical handbags

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Below, Bourne explains how and why Black in the British Frame fell out of print.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Which perhaps explains why people keep trying to run it back.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

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