factor
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GM has laid off thousands of factory workers since last year and its factory utilization rate—an important factor for profitability—has declined to 73% this year from 78.5% in 2024, according to AutoForecast Solutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"This excess in supply is also likely an additional factor serving to weigh on global sovereign debt markets with some investors preferring to invest in Big Tech as opposed to indebted sovereigns."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Another factor helping to push bitcoin higher was the price breaking through its 200-day moving average around $69,000.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The fact that Red Bull allow him to pursue his extra-curricular actives, such as the Nurburgring 24 Horus, without pushing back was also a factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
That shouldn't factor in to an ethical decision, of course.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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After those factors were considered, receiving an invitation to screening was associated with a 26 percent lower risk of dying from colorectal cancer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s unclear what factors led to the crash and a medical examiner’s report is still underway, but safe street advocates are pointing to the death as one reason the road improvement project is overdue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Expensive cancer treatments and wide adoption of weight-loss drugs are among the factors pushing up spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In fairness to the administration, though, it’s not clear that Trump and Bessent can fix all the factors driving up yields.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The tour, which drew enormous audiences, was a huge success and was, in the opinion of many political experts, one of the final determining factors in the passage by Congress of the Nineteenth Amendment.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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If inflation is factored in, sales were not quite as rosy as they look.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Another said they decided against buying tickets as it would cost his family "more than a holiday" when travel and accommodation for one night was factored in.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In addition, the CMA factored in the competition brought by streaming services to traditional forms of movie and TV distribution — one of Paramount’s key arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"While a seasonal decline in donations is expected during the summer months and factored into planning, appointment bookings have fallen well below typical summer patterns," said Canadian Blood Services.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Once I checked the train timetables and factored in how long it would take to get to the airport, I knew I wouldn’t get a chance to eat otherwise,” she said before taking another bite.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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His office also is creating public messaging to deploy in various scenarios and factoring the potential dynamics around prediction markets into security planning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The skepticism also extended beyond data centers, factoring in previous economic development promises that never quite lived up.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some shorten that to age 63, which is the last tax year before Medicare starts factoring your income into how much your annual premiums cost.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Cooper says even many schools being built this decade are not factoring in heat.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
I’m really not in the mood to divvy up everything into eleven equal parts, factoring in age, body weight, and physical output.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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