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An X factor is Trump’s rally last month at Madison Square Garden, which could have turned the race around in Harris’s favor.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
Possible X factors Of course, the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections are not carbon copies of each other.
—Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
The X factor: Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s endorsement of Trump was supposed to hit the Trump campaign like a lightning bolt.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024
In the tail, a dying Wilford spoke of how there was one X factor that Layton & Co. had not accounted for — pride.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined above
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“X factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/X%20factor. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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