How can it be paraphrased? what i can use instead of account for. What is account for here?
some factors help to account for this trend.
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Like the other commenter said, in this sentence 'account for' basically means to explain. You could replace it entirely with 'explain', that'd read fine.
The 'some factors' are what help explain and show what was responsible for the trend. I think it's a mix of 'explain' and also 'responsible'.
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Account for here means "explain".
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