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That year, landfill gas accounted for 9,800 gigawatts of electricity generation, up more than 90 percent from 2003.

The  Democrats won by 14 percent in the more urban areas, but these accounted for barely one-third of the total vote.

In 2012, when President Obama squared off against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Hispanics accounted for one in 10 voters.

In contrast, in 2010 Republicans accounted for a higher percentage (36 percent) and Democrats were two points lower at 47 percent.

And when support goes up, so do the earnings of the Zaitokukai—earnings that are poorly accounted for and go untaxed.

The manifest annoyance of her household was thus easily accounted for, but he marveled at the strength of her bodyguard.

There you are wrong, Rupert, because it's obvious that if he is not Mr. Spurrell, his absence has to be accounted for in some way.

He that refused a pipe in company was accounted peevish and unsociable.

He cursed himself inwardly for a fool and a dolt—the more pitiable because he accounted himself cunning above others.

The man on the girl's right seemed to overlap her possessively which could have been accounted for by the width of his shoulders.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to accounted, such as: alleged, assumed, putative, regarded, rumored, and supposed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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