Allow for
Allow for verb - To give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies).
Usage example: budget your time to allow for the possibility of unexpected problems
Consider
Consider verb - To think of in a particular way.
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Both terms in one sentence
- But when you consider that QP in its smallest takes up less than 100 bytes of memory and 1KB of ROM and yet still has most of its functions to allow for real-time event driven systems is nothing short of amazing.
Source: Sugar Wiki / Genius Programming
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