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factor

[fak-ter] / ˈfæk tər /


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“Our presence in Armenia and our investment in it is a big factor in creating the conditions by which peace can unfold.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Observers have also pointed to infrastructure issues as a factor worsening the shortages.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Pick a home in your desired neighborhood, and factor in the payments.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

"Success changes with the trends and probably the biggest factor is the creative director," she said.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

“In that case,” she said, sharply, “I need facts. Exactly what advantage does Hyper Base derive from these modified robots? What factor made them desirable, general?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Joseph Cavatoni, senior market strategist at the World Gold Council, told the BBC while wars and trade tensions were "playing into some of these decisions", it didn't "top the list" of motivating factors.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Researchers generally need distinct transcription factors for separate operations so that signals do not interfere with one another.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

There are plenty of factors involved in this polling.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

All of these factors determined how a given letter looked on the page, and many of them were out of the printer’s control.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Kong hasn’t factored in potential higher dividends, as RHB might need to retain capital to support loan growth while maintaining ROE at around 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

That has consequences for the economy—because those products aren’t produced in the U.S., they are factored out of gross domestic product.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Morgan analyst Joseph Cardoso noted that Lumentum’s management signaled that there are opportunities in the pipeline around lasers and other optical equipment that largely aren’t yet factored into the company’s broader financial targets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 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

The water was blue and full of chlorine, and my eyes stung, but I factored the equation and realized I was upside down and all I had to do was right myself and swim up.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

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

“Helium weighed on sales and margins, and the disappointing cash generation was impacted by the end of the factoring program,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The company said it expected a roughly 5% increase in organic revenues, when factoring out things like currency fluctuations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The bus ride down Arlington Avenue was extremely short, so Jake amused himself by silently factoring percentages for passengers versus bus capacity and average number of potholes per city block.

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




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