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factor

[fak-ter] / ˈfæk tər /


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He said household budget pressure were a factor but that there were lots of reasons people found themselves needing help.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The analyst cuts Press Metal’s 2026-2028 earnings estimates by 4%-5% to factor in higher carbon anode costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

It also identifies TIMP2 as a potentially important factor in maintaining healthy immune activity in the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The wild-card factor in Luna’s tale of survival, Boucher said, was how she first came to live with the couple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A herd animal such as man would acquire a higher survival factor through this; an owl or a cobra would be destroyed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Still, some factors keep Sur from flipping completely bullish.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The French luxury brand is picking its new spots based on factors like local demographics, the location of e-commerce shoppers, and nearby shopping patterns and attractions, Natasha Khan writes for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Dimon listed some of the factors leading to strong economic growth, including corporate profits, low unemployment and low debt levels among companies and consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tarah Lourens, chief operating officer at Rightmove, said that "emotional" factors influenced sellers pricing a home - as they "put a value on the time and money they have invested in their home".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

We haven’t at our disposal the infinite factors that the Machine has at its!

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Television Academy Chairman Cris Abrego said Prime’s role as a TV hub factored into the decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

All told, Nvidia’s free cash flow would have been about $21.7 billion for the period if those cash flows were factored in along with the cash flows related to equity investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Before repair costs are factored in, a solar roof might cost twice as much as a system of solar panels mounted on a roof.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The equity market hasn’t really factored in that rates may need to stay higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Optics governed more or less everything in the political world, and I factored this into every outfit.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

After factoring rest rules that include hours-of-service limits, typically 11 or 12 hours, the utilization rate of the truck falls to 40%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Still, it thinks investors may want to see results from drilling the Nestor natural-gas prospect and progress in development work before factoring in the full value of the project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

One key reason for the rise in insurance costs is that carriers are factoring in recent disasters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

In places like Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa, insurers are factoring in hail and severe convective storms, ICE added, which is a “a peril that is frequently overlooked but is now driving double-digit increases.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

It took ten minutes for him to re-create the solution he’d figured out with Mr. Keeney, this time factoring in the actual spacing between the two rock pillars which had been missing until now.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein


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