How to Use account in a Sentence
- We opened new accounts at a bank last week.
- I took out my money and closed my account.
- We always keep very good accounts.
- Every week, she puts a part of her paycheck into a separate account.
- You can withdraw up to $1,000 a day from your account.
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These accounts are in their own words.
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Brad Quick,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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The top accounts have cracked the code.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Ready to grow your skillset and bank account?
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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By all accounts, these are good men, too.
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Megan Schrader,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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But if the account proves true … is that enough?
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Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Click here and start your new account in time for first pitch.
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Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Along with Meta, these accounts are prized above all.
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Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Click the icon to save an image to your account.
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Sammi Tapper,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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Just sitting in your account ready to go.
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Blake O'Shaughnessy,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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The free bets will show up in your account within three days.
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Catena Media,
al,
18 Dec. 2022
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Avoid opening too many new accounts at once.
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Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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At first, the account may show fake profits.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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By all accounts, all three are going strong.
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J.m. Hirsch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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When the game stops, it will be called on account of darkness.
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Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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By all accounts, the answer is not much.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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The piece count doesn't take piece size into account.
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Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Create a free account to share your thoughts.
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Forbestv,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The teens’ names have not been released on account of their age.
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Fox News,
3 July 2020
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Hedda has her doubts about this accounts.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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All three have been busily adding to those accounts in the past six months.
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John Wildermuth,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Dec. 2017
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This account is heavy on hearsay and so should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Ben Weiss,
Fortune Crypto,
24 Feb. 2023
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He’s not being held to account.
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Max Foster,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Use unique passwords for each account.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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By her own account, something clicked.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Reddit account has not been used in around six years.
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Jack Moore,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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But that alone can’t account for the massive leap.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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But there’s a lifetime to account for.
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Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Both account for half of the business.
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Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Your playbooks need to account for that.
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Philip Martin,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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What accounts for this fourfold rise?
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now, those two large states account for just 6% of all cases.
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Maggie Fox,
CNN,
12 Nov. 2021
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These combine to account for just under half of all hot car deaths.
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Eric Levenson,
CNN,
12 Aug. 2021
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What accounts for this success?
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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What accounts for this success?
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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What accounts for this success?
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Many parents felt like their own kids accounted for all of it.
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Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
3 Oct. 2025
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What the artist didn’t account for was the harshness of the Texas sun.
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Emma Balter,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Sep. 2020
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Once your must-haves are accounted for, take a hard look at what remains.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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And that's not accounting for salaries and cost of living.
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Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Keep in mind, though, none of these numbers even account for the playoffs.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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But his presence has to be accounted for.
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Law Murray,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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That doesn’t account for those not killed by firearms, such as George Floyd.
—
Annalisa Merelli,
Quartz,
6 June 2020
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Since the clock doesn't stop during a match, this accounts for the pauses in play.
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Mike Toole,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Someone might ask you to account for yourself.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The new forms show how new laws, such as no tax on tips and overtime, will be accounted for.
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Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Maybe the Stephen Rosses of the world will be held to account.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
2 Feb. 2022
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Anunoby’s dunk, though, accounted for just two points.
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Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Oceans account for only a thin film of water on the surface.
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Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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This may account for some of the racial differences in the new findings.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN,
14 Dec. 2022
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Both rank among the top five of all time, not accounting for inflation.
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Jake Coyle,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2018
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Democrats also accounted for the present votes.
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CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Tech accounted for five of the top ten companies on this year’s list.
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Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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What in your view accounts for the big viewership gains this past season?
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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And that’s not even accounting for the stress of the buying process itself.
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Collin Woodard / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2024
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This app fails to account for a user’s choice of settings or plan that may affect speeds.
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Klint Finley,
WIRED,
20 Aug. 2019
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