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contribution

[kon-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌkɒn trəˈbju ʃən /


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They expect this contribution to fade to 0.1 point in the coming year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The plaintiffs want Shell to pay for that additional intensity in proportion to its contribution to global emissions: two percent of the 12 percent increase.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Riedels and Mericle find numerous ways in which these extra costs have been miscaptured or exaggerated and conclude that “most of the 20 basis points contribution to core PCE from this category reflects mismeasurement.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Towards the end of last season, when Fernandes' contribution was at its most prolific, Benjamin Sesko was a regular in the number nine role, while veteran Brazilian Casemiro was the anchor in United's midfield.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

And as much as Barack’s staffers respected me and valued my contribution, they’d never given me much in the way of guidance.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The purple plaque scheme, external celebrates women who have made important contributions to their communities in Wales or shown exceptional courage.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

If you invested your $2,000-a-month Social Security at 64, you could accumulate a lot in contributions, growing to roughly $80,000 at 7% or $83,000 at 10%, before taxes and fees.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

As a result, the two paths interfered destructively, meaning their quantum contributions canceled each other out.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Michael Woodford’s main contributions were on monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Especially useful contributions have been made by ecological geographers, cultural anthropologists, biologists studying plant and animal domestication, and scholars concerned with the impact of infectious diseases on history.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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