as in explained
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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Army officials explained that the system is being considered as a mid-range defense option, filling the gap between electronic warfare tools and costly missile interceptors.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026 -
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman had already explained that the Siri interface was hidden in the initial marketing for WWDC26.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Accounted (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accounted%20%28for%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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