How to Use contributing factor in a Sentence

contributing factor

noun

• This was a contributing factor to the near extinction of the Apache Trout on the western edge of the state.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• About three-quarters of those deaths were primarily due to heat, and in the rest, heat was a contributing factor, the CDC said.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
• But as a contributing factor to doing good, honor may have its place.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
• Eric Meyer said the coroner had concluded that the stress of the searches was a contributing factor in her death.
  — Kevin Draper, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• Speed is believed to be a contributing factor, according to deputies.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
• Covid was a contributing factor in the rise, a separate report suggests.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Police suspect alcohol may be a contributing factor in the crash.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• The Fed raised rates by a quarter point at the conclusion of its two-day meeting, even though its historic rate hiking campaign was a contributing factor in the banking crisis.
  — Juliana Liu, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• McGinty died on June 8 at the age of 38, and some speculate the difficult reality of working in comics may have been a contributing factor.
  — Vulture, 13 June 2023
• For instance, gas prices are down almost 30% compared to last year but services like tax prep and haircuts, a big contributing factor to the overall inflation, are up 5.6% from a year ago.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 15 July 2023
• The investigator listed Wrong Side - Not Passing, as the only contributing factor to the crash.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024
• The growing tensions between the U.S. and China are also a contributing factor to capital flight.
  — James Rogan, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• The team's ability to accomplish such a turnaround is likely a contributing factor as to why they're favored to win the NFC North this upcoming season.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2023
• His death was ruled an accidental drowning in which heart disease played a contributing factor.
  — Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• TikTok has been a contributing factor in McNown’s growing profile, as the song recently went viral on the platform.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• And social media is really a contributing factor here as well.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
• No one has been charged for the crash yet but initial reports indicate that alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor, officials said.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 21 July 2023
• Food noise is often ignored as a contributing factor to obesity –seen instead as a lack of willpower –and can be a significant roadblock to weight health.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
• As coach Kevin Willard opined, traveling might be a contributing factor to the Maryland men’s basketball team’s surprising struggles at home.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• That component, which is meant to help improve gaming performance, could be a contributing factor.
  — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• Lewis Jenkins also said that those who have been determined to be incompetent and need state psychiatric help have been a contributing factor.
  — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Much of that is the legacy of a century of fire suppression, which fire scientists are coming to recognize as a contributing factor to ever-larger fires.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
• Among other findings, Hansen said a recent change in aerosol shipping regulations maybe be a contributing factor.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• Heart diseases were a contributing factor, Jarjura said of the autopsy finding.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• According to the indictment, the prescriptions written by Siefert, with Ehn's consent, were a contributing factor in the opioid overdose deaths of at least seven former patients.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2023
• The deal prior to Wednesday's court session included an acknowledgement that drug use was a contributing factor in his gun possession charge.
  — Catherine Herridge, CBS News, 26 July 2023
• In fact, driver drowsiness is a contributing factor in up to 24 percent of all crashes and near crashes, according to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
  — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blamed the crash on human error but acknowledged that cost-cutting had left the nation's rail network in bad shape and might have been a contributing factor.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 Mar. 2023
• Impairment was not a contributing factor in the collision, according to police.
  — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• Climate change could be one contributing factor, with hotter weather drying out vegetation, which can then fuel brush fires.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Richard Winton, Alexandra E. Petri and Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024