TAKING ACCOUNT OF Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

taking account of

phrase

present participle of take account of

as in allowing (for)

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities.

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That’s without taking into account insurance, groundskeeping, and staff.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026
An internal skunkworks was set up in California with a brief to rethink the idea of a universal EV platform from the ground up, taking into account the advances made by EV startups and clean-sheet designs both in the US but especially China.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

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Alexandria Stapleton details the secrecy and threats behind Netflix’s Diddy documentary, and why hip-hop’s reckoning with abuse and power is far from over.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
But the real subject is mystery—some kind of reckoning with nothingness.

— Aaron Fagan, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of reckoning with

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