Account for
Account for verb - To give the reason for or cause of.
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Justified and account for are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Justified" with "Account for", this verbs are similar.
Justified
Justified adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.
Account for and justified are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Account for" instead a verb "Justified".
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- Some of this is justified by the best and brightest spending centuries in relativistic spaceflight, but that doesn't account for all of it.
Source: Space Age Stasis - This case is justified, as it was measured by men on horse back who failed to account for the sand slowing down their horses, so the trip took the length of time it would to ride ninety miles.
Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life - Partly justified by the aliens having prohibited all techological advance in order to keep their superiority, but this doesn't account for the total lack of cultural change, even on the most superficial level of slang and fashions.
Source: Modern Stasis
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