contributory
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January saw another steep increase in overall input costs for service providers, and S&P Global said suppliers were reported to be raising prices, with tariffs again mentioned as a contributory factor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Jim Williams shared that Adam Williams’ official cause of death was atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with obesity as a contributory factor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Against the backdrop of recent kidnappings, governors and traditional chiefs from 19 northern states recently dubbed illegal mining a "major contributory factor to the security crises".
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
Incorrectly categorising risk was a contributory factor to the way French police treated Liverpool fans before the 2023 Champions League final in Paris.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Smoking is without doubt a significant contributory cause of cancer, lung and heart disease, but there are confounding factors having to do with life-style and environment which partially obscured this fact for some years.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Such power is not neutralized by our infirmities; it asserts itself under their limiting conditions and makes them its contributories.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
Tumult and commotion are almost as necessary contributories to the success of the stratagem as is the cable.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Or have the citizens at large, being contributories to the maintenance funds, a right to vote?
From Unitarianism by W.G. Tarrant
But no man can be truly blessed who has to find many contributories to make up his blessedness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren
He may be assisted, like a trustee in bankruptcy, by a committee of inspection, composed of creditors and contributories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
